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#F8F032

#f8f032 ≈ Cadmium Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f8f032 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 97.25% red, 94.12% green and 19.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.23% magenta, 79.84% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 57.58°, with 93.4% saturation and 58.43% 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 17.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Yellow (#fff600), ΔE 2.21.

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Relative luminance0.8251

Complementary

  1. #f8f032
  2. #323af8

Split complementary

  1. #f8f032
  2. #329df8
  3. #8d32f8

Analogous

  1. #f88d32
  2. #f8f032
  3. #9df832

Triadic

  1. #f8f032
  2. #32f8f0
  3. #f032f8

Tetradic

  1. #f8f032
  2. #3af832
  3. #323af8
  4. #f032f8

Square

  1. #f8f032
  2. #32f88d
  3. #323af8
  4. #f8329d

Monochromatic

  1. #8c8705
  2. #d6ce07
  3. #f8f032
  4. #fbf57c
  5. #fdfbc6

Shades

#f8f032 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f8f032
  2. #dfd82d
  3. #c6c028
  4. #aea823
  5. #95901e
  6. #7c7819
  7. #636014
  8. #4a480f
  9. #32300a
  10. #191805
  11. #000000

Tints

#f8f032 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f8f032
  2. #f9f247
  3. #f9f35b
  4. #faf570
  5. #fbf684
  6. #fcf899
  7. #fcf9ad
  8. #fdfbc2
  9. #fefcd6
  10. #fefeeb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f8f032 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f8f032
  2. #ece53a
  3. #e0da42
  4. #d4ce49
  5. #c8c351
  6. #bcb859
  7. #b0ad61
  8. #a4a269
  9. #989670
  10. #8c8b78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f0edbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed44 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffe0ce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffea11 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffee3d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe6a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f8f032 {
  color: #f8f032;
}
Background
.bg-f8f032 {
  background-color: #f8f032;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f8f032 {
  border: 2px solid #f8f032;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f8f032;
  --color-primary-rgb: 248 240 50;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 93% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f8f032 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f8f032, #9df832);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f8f032 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(248 240 50 / 0.35);
}

#fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.21 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.25 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.31 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.38 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.45 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.24 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 3.30 #070fcd Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Cadmium Yellow
#f8f032  rgb(248, 240, 50)  hsl(58, 93%, 58%)  Cadmium Yellow
#323af8  rgb(50, 58, 248)  hsl(238, 93%, 58%)  Han Purple
#32f8f0  rgb(50, 248, 240)  hsl(178, 93%, 58%)  Turquoise Blue
#f032f8  rgb(240, 50, 248)  hsl(298, 93%, 58%)  Fuchsia