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#F9D42E

#f9d42e ≈ Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f9d42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 97.65% red, 83.14% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.86% magenta, 81.53% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 49.06°, with 94.42% saturation and 57.84% 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 14.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gold (#ffd700), ΔE 1.96.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6742

Complementary

  1. #f9d42e
  2. #2e53f9

Split complementary

  1. #f9d42e
  2. #2eb9f9
  3. #6e2ef9

Analogous

  1. #f96e2e
  2. #f9d42e
  3. #b9f92e

Triadic

  1. #f9d42e
  2. #2ef9d4
  3. #d42ef9

Tetradic

  1. #f9d42e
  2. #53f92e
  3. #2e53f9
  4. #d42ef9

Square

  1. #f9d42e
  2. #2ef96e
  3. #2e53f9
  4. #f92eb9

Monochromatic

  1. #8a7204
  2. #d4af06
  3. #f9d42e
  4. #fbe378
  5. #fdf3c3

Shades

#f9d42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f9d42e
  2. #e0bf29
  3. #c7aa25
  4. #ae9420
  5. #957f1c
  6. #7d6a17
  7. #645512
  8. #4b400e
  9. #322a09
  10. #191505
  11. #000000

Tints

#f9d42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f9d42e
  2. #fad843
  3. #fadd58
  4. #fbe16d
  5. #fbe582
  6. #fcea97
  7. #fdeeab
  8. #fdf2c0
  9. #fef6d5
  10. #fefbea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f9d42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f9d42e
  2. #edcc36
  3. #e1c33e
  4. #d5bb47
  5. #c9b24f
  6. #bdaa57
  7. #b0a25f
  8. #a49967
  9. #989170
  10. #8c8878
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e5d5ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebd000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f4db3b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffc2b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f1d114 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f6d836 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffca93 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f9d42e {
  color: #f9d42e;
}
Background
.bg-f9d42e {
  background-color: #f9d42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f9d42e {
  border: 2px solid #f9d42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f9d42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 249 212 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 94% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f9d42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f9d42e, #b9f92e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f9d42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(249 212 46 / 0.35);
}

#ffd700 Gold ΔE 1.96 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 2.14 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.53 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 3.27 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.27 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.44 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 3.90 #062bd1 Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Gold
#f9d42e  rgb(249, 212, 46)  hsl(49, 94%, 58%)  Gold
#2e53f9  rgb(46, 83, 249)  hsl(229, 94%, 58%)  Majorelle Blue
#2ef9d4  rgb(46, 249, 212)  hsl(169, 94%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#d42ef9  rgb(212, 46, 249)  hsl(289, 94%, 58%)  Electric Purple