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#F4E925 — Vivid Yellow

#F4E925 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Gold (#FFD700). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gold (#FFD700) — not an exact match. CSS gold gives you #FFD700, a different color; use #F4E925 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.

#F4E925 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 #252FF4; it also sits naturally between #F48225 and #97F425. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F4E925 · RGB 244, 233, 37

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Color values

HEX#F4E925
RGB244, 233, 37
HSL57°, 90%, 55%
HSV57°, 85%, 96%
CMYK0%, 5%, 85%, 4%
XYZ66.78, 77.64, 13.22
Yxy77.64, 0.4236, 0.4925
CIE-Lab90.62, -15.05, 84.79
Hunter Lab88.12, -14.44, 49.84

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 96% · Green 91% · Blue 15%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 85% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F4E925 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F4E925 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F4E925

.text { color: #F4E925; }
.background { background-color: #F4E925; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F4E925; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(244, 233, 37); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(57, 90%, 55%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F4E925; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(244, 233, 37, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F4E925; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(244, 233, 37, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F4E925">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F4E925">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F4E925

#F2E70D#DAD00B#C2B90A#AAA209#918A08#746F06#5C5805#444104#2C2A02#131201

Tints of #F4E925

#F5EB38#F6ED4C#F7EF5F#F8F172#F9F38B#FAF59E#FBF7B1#FCF9C5#FDFBD8#FEFDEC

Tones of #F4E925

#E5DC34#D6CE43#C7C152#B9B55F#AAA76E#9B9A7D

Color harmonies

Complementary — #252FF4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.27:1 Fails
Against black text16.53:1 AAA

Best text color on #F4E925: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F4E925

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 #F4E925: ·

How #F4E925 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EFEF54Deuteranopia · #F0F160Tritanopia · #F37A82

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 Amber 500 · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #F4E925 rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby Voyage
#0E11B0 · #402DEE · #EDEA27 · #EFE692
Electric Ruby Drift
#0E0619 · #F7F128 · #23FD79 · #58FB26
Palette 03aed2
#03AED2 · #F8DE22 · #F45B26 · #D12052
Palette 900c3f
#900C3F · #C70039 · #F94C10 · #F8DE22
Palette Bbcb64
#BBCB64 · #FFE52A · #F79A19 · #CF0F0F
Rustic Ruby Marble
#1F071E · #F5F828 · #4E6FFC · #FB3D21

Similar colors

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

#EDEA27#F7F128#F8DE22#FFE52A#F5F828#FAE119#FCDC2A#FFE31A#F8E033#FEEC37#FFE837#FFDC34

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F4E924  ·  #F4E926 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F4E925?

#F4E925 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 244, 233, 37). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F4E925?

#F4E925 is RGB 244, 233, 37 — HSL 57°, 90%, 55% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 85%, 4%.

What colors go with #F4E925?

Its complement is #252FF4; analogous partners are #F48225 and #97F425. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F4E925 for text?

Black text on #F4E925 has a contrast ratio of 16.53:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.