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#F8EA09

#f8ea09 ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f8ea09 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 97.25% red, 91.76% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.65% magenta, 96.37% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 56.49°, 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 16.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 0.98.

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Relative luminance0.7882

Complementary

  1. #f8ea09
  2. #0917f8

Split complementary

  1. #f8ea09
  2. #098ef8
  3. #7309f8

Analogous

  1. #f87309
  2. #f8ea09
  3. #8ef809

Triadic

  1. #f8ea09
  2. #09f8ea
  3. #ea09f8

Tetradic

  1. #f8ea09
  2. #17f809
  3. #0917f8
  4. #ea09f8

Square

  1. #f8ea09
  2. #09f873
  3. #0917f8
  4. #f8098e

Monochromatic

  1. #655f03
  2. #afa605
  3. #f8ea09
  4. #faf053
  5. #fcf79e

Shades

#f8ea09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f8ea09
  2. #dfd308
  3. #c6bb07
  4. #aea406
  5. #958c05
  6. #7c7505
  7. #635e04
  8. #4a4603
  9. #322f02
  10. #191701
  11. #000000

Tints

#f8ea09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f8ea09
  2. #f9ec22
  3. #f9ee3a
  4. #faf053
  5. #fbf26b
  6. #fcf584
  7. #fcf79d
  8. #fdf9b5
  9. #fefbce
  10. #fefde6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f8ea09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f8ea09
  2. #ecdf15
  3. #e0d521
  4. #d4ca2d
  5. #c8c039
  6. #bcb545
  7. #b0aa50
  8. #a4a05c
  9. #989568
  10. #8c8b74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ede7b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe92e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd9c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fde500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffea24 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe09f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f8ea09 {
  color: #f8ea09;
}
Background
.bg-f8ea09 {
  background-color: #f8ea09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f8ea09 {
  border: 2px solid #f8ea09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f8ea09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 248 234 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 94% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f8ea09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f8ea09, #8ef809);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f8ea09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(248 234 9 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 0.98 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.28 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 1.71 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.63 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.64 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.88 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.41 #0715f6 Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#f8ea09  rgb(248, 234, 9)  hsl(56, 94%, 50%)  Aureolin
#0917f8  rgb(9, 23, 248)  hsl(236, 94%, 50%)  Blue
#09f8ea  rgb(9, 248, 234)  hsl(176, 94%, 50%)  Turquoise Blue
#ea09f8  rgb(234, 9, 248)  hsl(296, 94%, 50%)  Fuchsia