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#F9FA4E

#f9fa4e ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#f9fa4e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 97.65% red, 98.04% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.4% cyan, 0% magenta, 68.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 60.35°, with 94.51% saturation and 64.31% 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 18.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 1.89.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.8906

Complementary

  1. #f9fa4e
  2. #4f4efa

Split complementary

  1. #f9fa4e
  2. #4ea3fa
  3. #a54efa

Analogous

  1. #faa54e
  2. #f9fa4e
  3. #a3fa4e

Triadic

  1. #f9fa4e
  2. #4ef9fa
  3. #fa4ef9

Tetradic

  1. #f9fa4e
  2. #4efa4f
  3. #4f4efa
  4. #fa4ef9

Square

  1. #f9fa4e
  2. #4efaa5
  3. #4f4efa
  4. #fa4ea3

Monochromatic

  1. #a9aa05
  2. #f3f507
  3. #f9fa4e
  4. #fcfc98
  5. #fefee3

Shades

#f9fa4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f9fa4e
  2. #e0e146
  3. #c7c83e
  4. #aeaf37
  5. #95962f
  6. #7d7d27
  7. #64641f
  8. #4b4b17
  9. #323210
  10. #191908
  11. #000000

Tints

#f9fa4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f9fa4e
  2. #fafb60
  3. #fafb71
  4. #fbfc83
  5. #fbfc95
  6. #fcfda7
  7. #fdfdb8
  8. #fdfeca
  9. #fefedc
  10. #feffed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f9fa4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f9fa4e
  2. #edee53
  3. #e1e258
  4. #d5d55d
  5. #c9c962
  6. #bdbd67
  7. #b0b16c
  8. #a4a571
  9. #989876
  10. #8c8c7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 18.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #f2f2f2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f5f5c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fff031 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fff55b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffebd8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fff43e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fff756 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fff1b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f9fa4e {
  color: #f9fa4e;
}
Background
.bg-f9fa4e {
  background-color: #f9fa4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f9fa4e {
  border: 2px solid #f9fa4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f9fa4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 249 250 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 95% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f9fa4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f9fa4e, #a3fa4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f9fa4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(249 250 78 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 1.89 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 1.96 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 2.40 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 3.61 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 3.93 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.05 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.11 #0605b1 Inverted #f2f2f2 Grayscale 

Icterine
#f9fa4e  rgb(249, 250, 78)  hsl(60, 95%, 64%)  Icterine
#4f4efa  rgb(79, 78, 250)  hsl(240, 95%, 64%)  Majorelle Blue
#4ef9fa  rgb(78, 249, 250)  hsl(180, 95%, 64%)  Aqua
#fa4ef9  rgb(250, 78, 249)  hsl(300, 95%, 64%)  Fuchsia