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#F9F12E

#f9f12e ≈ Cadmium Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f9f12e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 97.65% red, 94.51% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.21% magenta, 81.53% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 57.64°, 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 17.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Yellow (#fff600), ΔE 1.88.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.8325

Complementary

  1. #f9f12e
  2. #2e36f9

Split complementary

  1. #f9f12e
  2. #2e9bf9
  3. #8c2ef9

Analogous

  1. #f98c2e
  2. #f9f12e
  3. #9bf92e

Triadic

  1. #f9f12e
  2. #2ef9f1
  3. #f12ef9

Tetradic

  1. #f9f12e
  2. #36f92e
  3. #2e36f9
  4. #f12ef9

Square

  1. #f9f12e
  2. #2ef98c
  3. #2e36f9
  4. #f92e9b

Monochromatic

  1. #8a8504
  2. #d4cc06
  3. #f9f12e
  4. #fbf678
  5. #fdfbc3

Shades

#f9f12e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f9f12e
  2. #e0d929
  3. #c7c125
  4. #aea920
  5. #95911c
  6. #7d7917
  7. #646012
  8. #4b480e
  9. #323009
  10. #191805
  11. #000000

Tints

#f9f12e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f9f12e
  2. #faf243
  3. #faf458
  4. #fbf56d
  5. #fbf782
  6. #fcf897
  7. #fdf9ab
  8. #fdfbc0
  9. #fefcd5
  10. #fefeea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f9f12e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f9f12e
  2. #ede636
  3. #e1da3e
  4. #d5cf47
  5. #c9c44f
  6. #bdb957
  7. #b0ad5f
  8. #a4a267
  9. #989770
  10. #8c8b78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ebebeb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f1eebd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffee41 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffe0cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffeb02 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffef3a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe7a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f9f12e {
  color: #f9f12e;
}
Background
.bg-f9f12e {
  background-color: #f9f12e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f9f12e {
  border: 2px solid #f9f12e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f9f12e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 249 241 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 94% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f9f12e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f9f12e, #9bf92e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f9f12e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(249 241 46 / 0.35);
}

#fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 1.88 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 1.97 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 2.10 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.28 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.48 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 3.09 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.40 #060ed1 Inverted #ebebeb Grayscale 

Cadmium Yellow
#f9f12e  rgb(249, 241, 46)  hsl(58, 94%, 58%)  Cadmium Yellow
#2e36f9  rgb(46, 54, 249)  hsl(238, 94%, 58%)  Han Purple
#2ef9f1  rgb(46, 249, 241)  hsl(178, 94%, 58%)  Turquoise Blue
#f12ef9  rgb(241, 46, 249)  hsl(298, 94%, 58%)  Fuchsia