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#F4DF80 — Light Vivid Yellow

#F4DF80 is a yellow color we call Light Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #F4DF80 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#F4DF80 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #8096F4; it also sits naturally between #F4A580 and #CFF480. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F4DF80 · RGB 244, 223, 128

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Color values

HEX#F4DF80
RGB244, 223, 128
HSL49°, 84%, 73%
HSV49°, 48%, 96%
CMYK0%, 9%, 48%, 4%
XYZ67.59, 73.57, 31.06
Yxy73.57, 0.3925, 0.4272
CIE-Lab88.72, -5.07, 48.89
Hunter Lab85.77, -4.93, 35.20

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 96% · Green 87% · Blue 50%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 48% · Key 4%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #F4DF80 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F4DF80 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F4DF80

.text { color: #F4DF80; }
.background { background-color: #F4DF80; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F4DF80; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(244, 223, 128); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(49, 84%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F4DF80; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(244, 223, 128, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F4DF80; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(244, 223, 128, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F4DF80">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F4DF80">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F4DF80

#F1D65F#EECE3F#EBC61E#D3B012#B79810#967D0D#75620A#544607#342B04#131002

Tints of #F4DF80

#F5E18A#F6E598#F7E7A1#F8EAAB#F9EDB9#FAEFC2#FBF2CB#FBF4D5#FDF8E3#FDFAEC

Tones of #F4DF80

#ECDA89#E3D491#DBCF99#D3CAA1#CBC5AA#C2BFB2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8096F4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.71:1 AAA

Best text color on #F4DF80: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F4DF80

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #F4DF80: ·

How #F4DF80 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #EBEB97Deuteranopia · #ECEE9DTritanopia · #F3A9AD

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #F4DF80 rather than the exact color:

Palette 427ab5
#427AB5 · #406AAF · #F7DD7D · #FFE8BE
Velvet Ruby Canyon
#862520 · #C46925 · #F6C862 · #F2E47F
Palette Be1a1a
#BE1A1A · #D0311E · #F7D87F · #F8EBAB
Palette 343131
#343131 · #A04747 · #D8A25E · #EEDF7A
Palette 658361
#658361 · #D0DD97 · #F8FAE4 · #F9DE79
Palette Fffde1
#FFFDE1 · #FBE580 · #93BD57 · #980404

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#F7DD7D#F2E47F#F7D87F#EEDF7A#F9DE79#FBE580#F9E486#FADA7A#FBE087#F6D887#FFDF82#FFDE7D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F4DF7F  ·  #F4DF81 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F4DF80?

#F4DF80 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 244, 223, 128). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F4DF80?

#F4DF80 is RGB 244, 223, 128 — HSL 49°, 84%, 73% — CMYK 0%, 9%, 48%, 4%.

What colors go with #F4DF80?

Its complement is #8096F4; analogous partners are #F4A580 and #CFF480. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F4DF80 for text?

Black text on #F4DF80 has a contrast ratio of 15.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.