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#FAC74E

#fac74e ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fac74e 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 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.4% magenta, 68.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 42.21°, 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 13.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 2.98.

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Relative luminance0.6172

Complementary

  1. #fac74e
  2. #4e81fa

Split complementary

  1. #fac74e
  2. #4ed7fa
  3. #714efa

Analogous

  1. #fa714e
  2. #fac74e
  3. #d7fa4e

Triadic

  1. #fac74e
  2. #4efac7
  3. #c74efa

Tetradic

  1. #fac74e
  2. #81fa4e
  3. #4e81fa
  4. #c74efa

Square

  1. #fac74e
  2. #4efa71
  3. #4e81fa
  4. #fa4ed7

Monochromatic

  1. #aa7905
  2. #f5ae07
  3. #fac74e
  4. #fcdf98
  5. #fef6e3

Shades

#fac74e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fac74e
  2. #e1b346
  3. #c89f3e
  4. #af8b37
  5. #96772f
  6. #7d6427
  7. #64501f
  8. #4b3c17
  9. #322810
  10. #191408
  11. #000000

Tints

#fac74e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fac74e
  2. #fbcd60
  3. #fbd271
  4. #fcd883
  5. #fcdd95
  6. #fde3a7
  7. #fde9b8
  8. #feeeca
  9. #fef4dc
  10. #fff9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fac74e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fac74e
  2. #eec053
  3. #e2b958
  4. #d5b25d
  5. #c9ab62
  6. #bda467
  7. #b19c6c
  8. #a59571
  9. #988e76
  10. #8c877b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1cbaa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dec63f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ead453 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb6ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eac745 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f1cf51 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffbd91 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fac74e {
  color: #fac74e;
}
Background
.bg-fac74e {
  background-color: #fac74e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fac74e {
  border: 2px solid #fac74e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fac74e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 199 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 95% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fac74e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fac74e, #d7fa4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fac74e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 199 78 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.98 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.24 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.13 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.29 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.40 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.60 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.45 #0538b1 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Saffron
#fac74e  rgb(250, 199, 78)  hsl(42, 95%, 64%)  Saffron
#4e81fa  rgb(78, 129, 250)  hsl(222, 95%, 64%)  United Nations Blue
#4efac7  rgb(78, 250, 199)  hsl(162, 95%, 64%)  Aquamarine
#c74efa  rgb(199, 78, 250)  hsl(282, 95%, 64%)  Medium Orchid