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#F8EC24

#f8ec24 ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f8ec24 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 97.25% red, 92.55% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.84% magenta, 85.48% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 56.6°, with 93.81% saturation and 55.69% 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 17.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 1.34.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.8007

Complementary

  1. #f8ec24
  2. #2430f8

Split complementary

  1. #f8ec24
  2. #249af8
  3. #8224f8

Analogous

  1. #f88224
  2. #f8ec24
  3. #9af824

Triadic

  1. #f8ec24
  2. #24f8ec
  3. #ec24f8

Tetradic

  1. #f8ec24
  2. #30f824
  3. #2430f8
  4. #ec24f8

Square

  1. #f8ec24
  2. #24f882
  3. #2430f8
  4. #f8249a

Monochromatic

  1. #7f7804
  2. #c9be06
  3. #f8ec24
  4. #faf26e
  5. #fdf9b8

Shades

#f8ec24 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f8ec24
  2. #dfd420
  3. #c6bd1d
  4. #aea519
  5. #958e16
  6. #7c7612
  7. #635e0e
  8. #4a470b
  9. #322f07
  10. #191804
  11. #000000

Tints

#f8ec24 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f8ec24
  2. #f9ee3a
  3. #f9f050
  4. #faf266
  5. #fbf47c
  6. #fcf692
  7. #fcf7a7
  8. #fdf9bd
  9. #fefbd3
  10. #fefde9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f8ec24 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f8ec24
  2. #ece12d
  3. #e0d636
  4. #d4cc40
  5. #c8c149
  6. #bcb652
  7. #b0ab5b
  8. #a4a064
  9. #98966e
  10. #8c8b77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eee9b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffeb3a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdbca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fee700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffeb32 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe2a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f8ec24 {
  color: #f8ec24;
}
Background
.bg-f8ec24 {
  background-color: #f8ec24;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f8ec24 {
  border: 2px solid #f8ec24;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f8ec24;
  --color-primary-rgb: 248 236 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 94% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f8ec24 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f8ec24, #9af824);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f8ec24 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(248 236 36 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 1.34 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.62 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 1.72 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.41 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.62 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.63 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.30 #0713db Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#f8ec24  rgb(248, 236, 36)  hsl(57, 94%, 56%)  Aureolin
#2430f8  rgb(36, 48, 248)  hsl(237, 94%, 56%)  Han Purple
#24f8ec  rgb(36, 248, 236)  hsl(177, 94%, 56%)  Turquoise Blue
#ec24f8  rgb(236, 36, 248)  hsl(297, 94%, 56%)  Fuchsia