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#F9EC05

#f9ec05 ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f9ec05 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 97.65% red, 92.55% green and 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.22% magenta, 97.99% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 56.8°, 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 17.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 0.7.

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Web safe#ffff00
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Relative luminance0.8014

Complementary

  1. #f9ec05
  2. #0512f9

Split complementary

  1. #f9ec05
  2. #058cf9
  3. #7205f9

Analogous

  1. #f97205
  2. #f9ec05
  3. #8cf905

Triadic

  1. #f9ec05
  2. #05f9ec
  3. #ec05f9

Tetradic

  1. #f9ec05
  2. #12f905
  3. #0512f9
  4. #ec05f9

Square

  1. #f9ec05
  2. #05f972
  3. #0512f9
  4. #f9058c

Monochromatic

  1. #635e02
  2. #aea503
  3. #f9ec05
  4. #fbf24f
  5. #fdf89a

Shades

#f9ec05 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f9ec05
  2. #e0d405
  3. #c7bd04
  4. #aea504
  5. #958e03
  6. #7d7603
  7. #645e02
  8. #4b4702
  9. #322f01
  10. #191801
  11. #000000

Tints

#f9ec05 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f9ec05
  2. #faee1e
  3. #faf037
  4. #fbf250
  5. #fbf469
  6. #fcf682
  7. #fdf79b
  8. #fdf9b4
  9. #fefbcd
  10. #fefde6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f9ec05 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f9ec05
  2. #ede111
  3. #e1d61e
  4. #d5cc2a
  5. #c9c136
  6. #bdb643
  7. #b0ab4f
  8. #a4a05b
  9. #989667
  10. #8c8b74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efe9b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffeb2d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdbc9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fee700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffeb22 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe2a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f9ec05 {
  color: #f9ec05;
}
Background
.bg-f9ec05 {
  background-color: #f9ec05;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f9ec05 {
  border: 2px solid #f9ec05;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f9ec05;
  --color-primary-rgb: 249 236 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 96% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f9ec05 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f9ec05, #8cf905);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f9ec05 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(249 236 5 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 0.70 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.03 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 1.86 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.17 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.41 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.04 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 4.42 #0613fa Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#f9ec05  rgb(249, 236, 5)  hsl(57, 96%, 50%)  Aureolin
#0512f9  rgb(5, 18, 249)  hsl(237, 96%, 50%)  Blue
#05f9ec  rgb(5, 249, 236)  hsl(177, 96%, 50%)  Turquoise Blue
#ec05f9  rgb(236, 5, 249)  hsl(297, 96%, 50%)  Fuchsia