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#F6F024

#f6f024 ≈ Cadmium Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f6f024 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 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.44% magenta, 85.37% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 58.29°, with 92.11% saturation and 55.29% 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 17.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Yellow (#fff600), ΔE 1.94.

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Relative luminance0.8204

Complementary

  1. #f6f024
  2. #242af6

Split complementary

  1. #f6f024
  2. #2493f6
  3. #8724f6

Analogous

  1. #f68724
  2. #f6f024
  3. #93f624

Triadic

  1. #f6f024
  2. #24f6f0
  3. #f024f6

Tetradic

  1. #f6f024
  2. #2af624
  3. #242af6
  4. #f024f6

Square

  1. #f6f024
  2. #24f687
  3. #242af6
  4. #f62493

Monochromatic

  1. #7c7905
  2. #c5c008
  3. #f6f024
  4. #f9f56d
  5. #fcfab7

Shades

#f6f024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f6f024
  2. #ddd820
  3. #c5c01d
  4. #aca819
  5. #949016
  6. #7b7812
  7. #62600e
  8. #4a480b
  9. #313007
  10. #191804
  11. #000000

Tints

#f6f024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f6f024
  2. #f7f23a
  3. #f8f350
  4. #f9f566
  5. #faf67c
  6. #fbf892
  7. #fbf9a7
  8. #fcfbbd
  9. #fdfcd3
  10. #fefee9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f6f024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f6f024
  2. #eae52d
  3. #deda36
  4. #d3ce40
  5. #c7c349
  6. #bbb852
  7. #afad5b
  8. #a3a264
  9. #98966e
  10. #8c8b77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efecbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed3b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdfcd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffea00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffee33 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe6a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f6f024 {
  color: #f6f024;
}
Background
.bg-f6f024 {
  background-color: #f6f024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f6f024 {
  border: 2px solid #f6f024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f6f024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 246 240 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 92% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f6f024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f6f024, #93f624);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f6f024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(246 240 36 / 0.35);
}

#fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 1.94 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.01 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.17 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.23 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.46 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 3.13 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 3.35 #090fdb Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Cadmium Yellow
#f6f024  rgb(246, 240, 36)  hsl(58, 92%, 55%)  Cadmium Yellow
#242af6  rgb(36, 42, 246)  hsl(238, 92%, 55%)  Ultramarine
#24f6f0  rgb(36, 246, 240)  hsl(178, 92%, 55%)  Aqua
#f024f6  rgb(240, 36, 246)  hsl(298, 92%, 55%)  Fuchsia