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#F6F00A

#f6f00a ≈ Cadmium Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f6f00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 96.47% red, 94.12% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.44% magenta, 95.93% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 58.47°, with 92.91% saturation and 50.2% 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 17.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Yellow (#fff600), ΔE 1.58.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffff00
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Relative luminance0.8193

Complementary

  1. #f6f00a
  2. #0a10f6

Split complementary

  1. #f6f00a
  2. #0a86f6
  3. #7a0af6

Analogous

  1. #f67a0a
  2. #f6f00a
  3. #86f60a

Triadic

  1. #f6f00a
  2. #0af6f0
  3. #f00af6

Tetradic

  1. #f6f00a
  2. #10f60a
  3. #0a10f6
  4. #f00af6

Square

  1. #f6f00a
  2. #0af67a
  3. #0a10f6
  4. #f60a86

Monochromatic

  1. #636104
  2. #ada906
  3. #f6f00a
  4. #f9f554
  5. #fbf99e

Shades

#f6f00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f6f00a
  2. #ddd809
  3. #c5c008
  4. #aca807
  5. #949006
  6. #7b7805
  7. #626004
  8. #4a4803
  9. #313002
  10. #191801
  11. #000000

Tints

#f6f00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f6f00a
  2. #f7f223
  3. #f8f33b
  4. #f9f554
  5. #faf66c
  6. #fbf885
  7. #fbf99d
  8. #fcfbb6
  9. #fdfcce
  10. #fefee7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f6f00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f6f00a
  2. #eae516
  3. #deda22
  4. #d3ce2d
  5. #c7c339
  6. #bbb845
  7. #afad51
  8. #a3a25d
  9. #989668
  10. #8c8b74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efecba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed30 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdfcd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffea00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffee25 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe6a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f6f00a {
  color: #f6f00a;
}
Background
.bg-f6f00a {
  background-color: #f6f00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f6f00a {
  border: 2px solid #f6f00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f6f00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 246 240 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 93% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f6f00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f6f00a, #86f60a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f6f00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(246 240 10 / 0.35);
}

#fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 1.58 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 1.67 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 1.97 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.13 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.20 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 3.16 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 3.22 #090ff5 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Cadmium Yellow
#f6f00a  rgb(246, 240, 10)  hsl(58, 93%, 50%)  Cadmium Yellow
#0a10f6  rgb(10, 16, 246)  hsl(238, 93%, 50%)  Blue
#0af6f0  rgb(10, 246, 240)  hsl(178, 93%, 50%)  Aqua
#f00af6  rgb(240, 10, 246)  hsl(298, 93%, 50%)  Fuchsia