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#f8fa8a ≈ Pastel Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#f8fa8a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 97.25% red, 98.04% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.8% cyan, 0% magenta, 44.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 61.07°, with 91.8% saturation and 76.08% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 19.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Yellow (#fdfd96), ΔE 1.5.

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Web safe#ffff99
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Relative luminance0.9016

Complementary

  1. #f8fa8a
  2. #8c8afa

Split complementary

  1. #f8fa8a
  2. #8ac0fa
  3. #c48afa

Analogous

  1. #fac48a
  2. #f8fa8a
  3. #c0fa8a

Triadic

  1. #f8fa8a
  2. #8af8fa
  3. #fa8af8

Tetradic

  1. #f8fa8a
  2. #8afa8c
  3. #8c8afa
  4. #fa8af8

Square

  1. #f8fa8a
  2. #8afac4
  3. #8c8afa
  4. #fa8ac0

Monochromatic

  1. #dee10a
  2. #f4f741
  3. #f8fa8a
  4. #fcfdd3
  5. #fefeeb

Shades

#f8fa8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f8fa8a
  2. #dfe17c
  3. #c6c86e
  4. #aeaf61
  5. #959653
  6. #7c7d45
  7. #636437
  8. #4a4b29
  9. #32321c
  10. #19190e
  11. #000000

Tints

#f8fa8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f8fa8a
  2. #f9fb96
  3. #f9fba1
  4. #fafcad
  5. #fbfcb9
  6. #fcfdc5
  7. #fcfdd0
  8. #fdfedc
  9. #fefee8
  10. #fefff3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f8fa8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f8fa8a
  2. #ecee89
  3. #e0e288
  4. #d4d587
  5. #c8c986
  6. #bcbd85
  7. #b0b184
  8. #a4a583
  9. #989882
  10. #8c8c81
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 19.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #f4f4f4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f5f6d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fff281 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fff68f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffeee0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fff584 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fff78d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fff3c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f8fa8a {
  color: #f8fa8a;
}
Background
.bg-f8fa8a {
  background-color: #f8fa8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f8fa8a {
  border: 2px solid #f8fa8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f8fa8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 248 250 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 92% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f8fa8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f8fa8a, #c0fa8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f8fa8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(248 250 138 / 0.35);
}

#fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 1.50 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.81 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 5.21 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 5.45 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.39 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 8.05 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 8.37 #070575 Inverted #f4f4f4 Grayscale 

Pastel Yellow
#f8fa8a  rgb(248, 250, 138)  hsl(61, 92%, 76%)  Pastel Yellow
#8c8afa  rgb(140, 138, 250)  hsl(241, 92%, 76%)  Medium Purple
#8af8fa  rgb(138, 248, 250)  hsl(181, 92%, 76%)  Electric Blue
#fa8af8  rgb(250, 138, 248)  hsl(301, 92%, 76%)  Violet