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#FAC74A

#fac74a ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fac74a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 78.04% green and 29.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.4% magenta, 70.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 42.61°, with 94.62% saturation and 63.53% 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 13.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 2.57.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6167

Complementary

  1. #fac74a
  2. #4a7dfa

Split complementary

  1. #fac74a
  2. #4ad5fa
  3. #6f4afa

Analogous

  1. #fa6f4a
  2. #fac74a
  3. #d5fa4a

Triadic

  1. #fac74a
  2. #4afac7
  3. #c74afa

Tetradic

  1. #fac74a
  2. #7dfa4a
  3. #4a7dfa
  4. #c74afa

Square

  1. #fac74a
  2. #4afa6f
  3. #4a7dfa
  4. #fa4ad5

Monochromatic

  1. #a67805
  2. #f1ad07
  3. #fac74a
  4. #fcde94
  5. #fef5df

Shades

#fac74a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fac74a
  2. #e1b343
  3. #c89f3b
  4. #af8b34
  5. #96772c
  6. #7d6425
  7. #64501e
  8. #4b3c16
  9. #32280f
  10. #191407
  11. #000000

Tints

#fac74a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fac74a
  2. #fbcd5c
  3. #fbd26e
  4. #fcd880
  5. #fcdd92
  6. #fde3a5
  7. #fde9b7
  8. #feeec9
  9. #fef4db
  10. #fff9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fac74a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fac74a
  2. #eec04f
  3. #e2b955
  4. #d5b25a
  5. #c9ab60
  6. #bda465
  7. #b19c6a
  8. #a59570
  9. #988e75
  10. #8c877b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1cba9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dec639 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebd450 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb6ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eac640 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f1cf4d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffbd90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fac74a {
  color: #fac74a;
}
Background
.bg-fac74a {
  background-color: #fac74a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fac74a {
  border: 2px solid #fac74a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fac74a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 199 74;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 95% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fac74a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fac74a, #d5fa4a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fac74a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 199 74 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.57 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 2.82 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.75 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.91 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.33 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.34 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.04 #0538b5 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Saffron
#fac74a  rgb(250, 199, 74)  hsl(43, 95%, 64%)  Saffron
#4a7dfa  rgb(74, 125, 250)  hsl(223, 95%, 64%)  Brandeis Blue
#4afac7  rgb(74, 250, 199)  hsl(163, 95%, 64%)  Aquamarine
#c74afa  rgb(199, 74, 250)  hsl(283, 95%, 64%)  Medium Orchid