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#F8E109

#f8e109 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f8e109 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 97.25% red, 88.24% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.27% magenta, 96.37% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 54.23°, with 94.47% saturation and 50.39% 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 15.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 2.12.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7383

Complementary

  1. #f8e109
  2. #0920f8

Split complementary

  1. #f8e109
  2. #0997f8
  3. #6a09f8

Analogous

  1. #f86a09
  2. #f8e109
  3. #97f809

Triadic

  1. #f8e109
  2. #09f8e1
  3. #e109f8

Tetradic

  1. #f8e109
  2. #20f809
  3. #0920f8
  4. #e109f8

Square

  1. #f8e109
  2. #09f86a
  3. #0920f8
  4. #f80997

Monochromatic

  1. #655c03
  2. #af9f05
  3. #f8e109
  4. #faea53
  5. #fcf39e

Shades

#f8e109 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f8e109
  2. #dfcb08
  3. #c6b407
  4. #ae9e06
  5. #958705
  6. #7c7105
  7. #635a04
  8. #4a4403
  9. #322d02
  10. #191701
  11. #000000

Tints

#f8e109 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f8e109
  2. #f9e422
  3. #f9e73a
  4. #faea53
  5. #fbed6b
  6. #fcf084
  7. #fcf39d
  8. #fdf6b5
  9. #fef9ce
  10. #fefce6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f8e109 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f8e109
  2. #ecd715
  3. #e0ce21
  4. #d4c42d
  5. #c8ba39
  6. #bcb145
  7. #b0a750
  8. #a49d5c
  9. #989368
  10. #8c8a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9e0b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f8da00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee32b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd0c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f8dd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fce221 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd799 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f8e109 {
  color: #f8e109;
}
Background
.bg-f8e109 {
  background-color: #f8e109;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f8e109 {
  border: 2px solid #f8e109;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f8e109;
  --color-primary-rgb: 248 225 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 94% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f8e109 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f8e109, #97f809);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f8e109 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(248 225 9 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.12 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 2.33 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.44 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.18 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.27 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.43 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.16 #071ef6 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#f8e109  rgb(248, 225, 9)  hsl(54, 94%, 50%)  Golden Yellow
#0920f8  rgb(9, 32, 248)  hsl(234, 94%, 50%)  Blue
#09f8e1  rgb(9, 248, 225)  hsl(174, 94%, 50%)  Turquoise Blue
#e109f8  rgb(225, 9, 248)  hsl(294, 94%, 50%)  Fuchsia