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#F6EA4E

#f6ea4e ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#f6ea4e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 96.47% red, 91.76% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.88% magenta, 68.29% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 55.71°, with 90.32% saturation and 63.53% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 2.56.

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Relative luminance0.7899

Complementary

  1. #f6ea4e
  2. #4e5af6

Split complementary

  1. #f6ea4e
  2. #4eaef6
  3. #964ef6

Analogous

  1. #f6964e
  2. #f6ea4e
  3. #aef64e

Triadic

  1. #f6ea4e
  2. #4ef6ea
  3. #ea4ef6

Tetradic

  1. #f6ea4e
  2. #5af64e
  3. #4e5af6
  4. #ea4ef6

Square

  1. #f6ea4e
  2. #4ef696
  3. #4e5af6
  4. #f64eae

Monochromatic

  1. #a39808
  2. #ecdc0c
  3. #f6ea4e
  4. #faf397
  5. #fdfbe0

Shades

#f6ea4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f6ea4e
  2. #ddd346
  3. #c5bb3e
  4. #aca437
  5. #948c2f
  6. #7b7527
  7. #625e1f
  8. #4a4617
  9. #312f10
  10. #191708
  11. #000000

Tints

#f6ea4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f6ea4e
  2. #f7ec60
  3. #f8ee71
  4. #f9f083
  5. #faf295
  6. #fbf5a7
  7. #fbf7b8
  8. #fcf9ca
  9. #fdfbdc
  10. #fefded
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f6ea4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f6ea4e
  2. #eadf53
  3. #ded558
  4. #d3ca5d
  5. #c7c062
  6. #bbb567
  7. #afaa6c
  8. #a3a071
  9. #989576
  10. #8c8b7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ece8bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fee236 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe958 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdbcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fbe541 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fde954 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe1a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f6ea4e {
  color: #f6ea4e;
}
Background
.bg-f6ea4e {
  background-color: #f6ea4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f6ea4e {
  border: 2px solid #f6ea4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f6ea4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 246 234 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 90% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f6ea4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f6ea4e, #aef64e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f6ea4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(246 234 78 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.56 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.04 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.44 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.93 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.10 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.66 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.75 #0915b1 Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#f6ea4e  rgb(246, 234, 78)  hsl(56, 90%, 64%)  Dandelion
#4e5af6  rgb(78, 90, 246)  hsl(236, 90%, 64%)  Ultramarine Blue
#4ef6ea  rgb(78, 246, 234)  hsl(176, 90%, 64%)  Turquoise Blue
#ea4ef6  rgb(234, 78, 246)  hsl(296, 90%, 64%)  Fuchsia