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#F9DF05

#f9df05 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f9df05 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 97.65% red, 87.45% green and 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.44% magenta, 97.99% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 53.61°, with 96.06% saturation and 49.8% 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 15.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 1.43.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7293

Complementary

  1. #f9df05
  2. #051ff9

Split complementary

  1. #f9df05
  2. #0599f9
  3. #6505f9

Analogous

  1. #f96505
  2. #f9df05
  3. #99f905

Triadic

  1. #f9df05
  2. #05f9df
  3. #df05f9

Tetradic

  1. #f9df05
  2. #1ff905
  3. #051ff9
  4. #df05f9

Square

  1. #f9df05
  2. #05f965
  3. #051ff9
  4. #f90599

Monochromatic

  1. #635902
  2. #ae9c03
  3. #f9df05
  4. #fbe94f
  5. #fdf29a

Shades

#f9df05 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f9df05
  2. #e0c905
  3. #c7b204
  4. #ae9c04
  5. #958603
  6. #7d7003
  7. #645902
  8. #4b4302
  9. #322d01
  10. #191601
  11. #000000

Tints

#f9df05 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f9df05
  2. #fae21e
  3. #fae537
  4. #fbe950
  5. #fbec69
  6. #fcef82
  7. #fdf29b
  8. #fdf5b4
  9. #fef9cd
  10. #fefce6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f9df05 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f9df05
  2. #edd611
  3. #e1cc1e
  4. #d5c32a
  5. #c9b936
  6. #bdb043
  7. #b0a64f
  8. #a49d5b
  9. #989367
  10. #8c8a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9deb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f6d800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fde229 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcdbe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f7db00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fbe11f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd597 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f9df05 {
  color: #f9df05;
}
Background
.bg-f9df05 {
  background-color: #f9df05;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f9df05 {
  border: 2px solid #f9df05;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f9df05;
  --color-primary-rgb: 249 223 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 96% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f9df05 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f9df05, #99f905);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f9df05 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(249 223 5 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.43 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.95 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.01 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.65 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.87 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.93 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.02 #0620fa Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#f9df05  rgb(249, 223, 5)  hsl(54, 96%, 50%)  Golden Yellow
#051ff9  rgb(5, 31, 249)  hsl(234, 96%, 50%)  Blue
#05f9df  rgb(5, 249, 223)  hsl(174, 96%, 50%)  Turquoise Blue
#df05f9  rgb(223, 5, 249)  hsl(294, 96%, 50%)  Fuchsia