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#FAF12E

#faf12e ≈ Cadmium Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#faf12e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 94.51% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.6% magenta, 81.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 57.35°, with 95.33% saturation and 58.04% 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 17.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Yellow (#fff600), ΔE 1.81.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.8343

Complementary

  1. #faf12e
  2. #2e37fa

Split complementary

  1. #faf12e
  2. #2e9dfa
  3. #8b2efa

Analogous

  1. #fa8b2e
  2. #faf12e
  3. #9dfa2e

Triadic

  1. #faf12e
  2. #2efaf1
  3. #f12efa

Tetradic

  1. #faf12e
  2. #37fa2e
  3. #2e37fa
  4. #f12efa

Square

  1. #faf12e
  2. #2efa8b
  3. #2e37fa
  4. #fa2e9d

Monochromatic

  1. #8c8603
  2. #d6cd05
  3. #faf12e
  4. #fcf679
  5. #fefbc3

Shades

#faf12e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faf12e
  2. #e1d929
  3. #c8c125
  4. #afa920
  5. #96911c
  6. #7d7917
  7. #646012
  8. #4b480e
  9. #323009
  10. #191805
  11. #000000

Tints

#faf12e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faf12e
  2. #fbf243
  3. #fbf458
  4. #fcf56d
  5. #fcf782
  6. #fdf897
  7. #fdf9ab
  8. #fefbc0
  9. #fefcd5
  10. #fffeea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faf12e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faf12e
  2. #eee636
  3. #e2da3e
  4. #d5cf47
  5. #c9c44f
  6. #bdb957
  7. #b1ad5f
  8. #a5a267
  9. #989770
  10. #8c8b78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ebebeb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f1eebd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffef41 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffe0cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffeb02 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fff03a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe7a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faf12e {
  color: #faf12e;
}
Background
.bg-faf12e {
  background-color: #faf12e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faf12e {
  border: 2px solid #faf12e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faf12e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 241 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 95% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faf12e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faf12e, #9dfa2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faf12e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 241 46 / 0.35);
}

#fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 1.81 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 1.92 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 1.93 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 2.09 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.50 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 3.18 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.47 #050ed1 Inverted #ebebeb Grayscale 

Cadmium Yellow
#faf12e  rgb(250, 241, 46)  hsl(57, 95%, 58%)  Cadmium Yellow
#2e37fa  rgb(46, 55, 250)  hsl(237, 95%, 58%)  Han Purple
#2efaf1  rgb(46, 250, 241)  hsl(177, 95%, 58%)  Turquoise Blue
#f12efa  rgb(241, 46, 250)  hsl(297, 95%, 58%)  Fuchsia