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#FAC43A

#fac43a ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fac43a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 76.86% green and 22.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.6% magenta, 76.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 43.13°, with 95.05% saturation and 60.39% 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 13.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 1.97.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6011

Complementary

  1. #fac43a
  2. #3a70fa

Split complementary

  1. #fac43a
  2. #3ad0fa
  3. #643afa

Analogous

  1. #fa643a
  2. #fac43a
  3. #d0fa3a

Triadic

  1. #fac43a
  2. #3afac4
  3. #c43afa

Tetradic

  1. #fac43a
  2. #70fa3a
  3. #3a70fa
  4. #c43afa

Square

  1. #fac43a
  2. #3afa64
  3. #3a70fa
  4. #fa3ad0

Monochromatic

  1. #976e04
  2. #e2a406
  3. #fac43a
  4. #fcda85
  5. #fef1cf

Shades

#fac43a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fac43a
  2. #e1b034
  3. #c89d2e
  4. #af8929
  5. #967623
  6. #7d621d
  7. #644e17
  8. #4b3b11
  9. #32270c
  10. #191406
  11. #000000

Tints

#fac43a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fac43a
  2. #fbca4e
  3. #fbd061
  4. #fcd675
  5. #fcdc89
  6. #fde29d
  7. #fde7b0
  8. #feedc4
  9. #fef3d8
  10. #fff9eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fac43a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fac43a
  2. #eebd41
  3. #e2b648
  4. #d5b04f
  5. #c9a956
  6. #bda25d
  7. #b19b64
  8. #a5946b
  9. #988e72
  10. #8c8779
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e0c9a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dcc320 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9d141 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb2a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9c42c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f0cc3f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffb98b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fac43a {
  color: #fac43a;
}
Background
.bg-fac43a {
  background-color: #fac43a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fac43a {
  border: 2px solid #fac43a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fac43a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 196 58;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 95% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fac43a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fac43a, #d0fa3a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fac43a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 196 58 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 1.97 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 2.48 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 2.48 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 2.57 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.99 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.13 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.66 #053bc5 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Saffron
#fac43a  rgb(250, 196, 58)  hsl(43, 95%, 60%)  Saffron
#3a70fa  rgb(58, 112, 250)  hsl(223, 95%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#3afac4  rgb(58, 250, 196)  hsl(163, 95%, 60%)  Aquamarine
#c43afa  rgb(196, 58, 250)  hsl(283, 95%, 60%)  Electric Purple