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#FAC72F

#fac72f ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fac72f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 78.04% green and 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.4% magenta, 81.2% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 44.93°, with 95.31% saturation and 58.24% 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 13.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 1.11.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6138

Complementary

  1. #fac72f
  2. #2f62fa

Split complementary

  1. #fac72f
  2. #2fc7fa
  3. #622ffa

Analogous

  1. #fa622f
  2. #fac72f
  3. #c7fa2f

Triadic

  1. #fac72f
  2. #2ffac7
  3. #c72ffa

Tetradic

  1. #fac72f
  2. #62fa2f
  3. #2f62fa
  4. #c72ffa

Square

  1. #fac72f
  2. #2ffa62
  3. #2f62fa
  4. #fa2fc7

Monochromatic

  1. #8d6a03
  2. #d7a305
  3. #fac72f
  4. #fcdb7a
  5. #feefc4

Shades

#fac72f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fac72f
  2. #e1b32a
  3. #c89f26
  4. #af8b21
  5. #96771c
  6. #7d6418
  7. #645013
  8. #4b3c0e
  9. #322809
  10. #191405
  11. #000000

Tints

#fac72f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fac72f
  2. #fbcd44
  3. #fbd259
  4. #fcd86d
  5. #fcdd82
  6. #fde397
  7. #fde9ac
  8. #feeec1
  9. #fef4d5
  10. #fff9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fac72f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fac72f
  2. #eec037
  3. #e2b93f
  4. #d5b247
  5. #c9ab4f
  6. #bda458
  7. #b19c60
  8. #a59568
  9. #988e70
  10. #8c8778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1cba6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dfc500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ecd339 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb5ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebc61a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f2ce35 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffbc8b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fac72f {
  color: #fac72f;
}
Background
.bg-fac72f {
  background-color: #fac72f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fac72f {
  border: 2px solid #fac72f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fac72f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 199 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 95% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fac72f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fac72f, #c7fa2f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fac72f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 199 47 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 1.11 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 1.19 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 2.14 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 2.19 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.04 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.45 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.30 #0538d0 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Saffron
#fac72f  rgb(250, 199, 47)  hsl(45, 95%, 58%)  Saffron
#2f62fa  rgb(47, 98, 250)  hsl(225, 95%, 58%)  Ultramarine Blue
#2ffac7  rgb(47, 250, 199)  hsl(165, 95%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#c72ffa  rgb(199, 47, 250)  hsl(285, 95%, 58%)  Electric Purple