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#FAC221

#fac221 ≈ Golden Poppy

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fac221 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 76.08% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.4% magenta, 86.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 44.52°, with 95.59% saturation and 55.49% 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 12.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Poppy (#fcc200), ΔE 1.04.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5902

Complementary

  1. #fac221
  2. #2159fa

Split complementary

  1. #fac221
  2. #21c5fa
  3. #5621fa

Analogous

  1. #fa5621
  2. #fac221
  3. #c5fa21

Triadic

  1. #fac221
  2. #21fac2
  3. #c221fa

Tetradic

  1. #fac221
  2. #59fa21
  3. #2159fa
  4. #c221fa

Square

  1. #fac221
  2. #21fa56
  3. #2159fa
  4. #fa21c5

Monochromatic

  1. #7f5f03
  2. #ca9705
  3. #fac221
  4. #fcd76c
  5. #fdebb7

Shades

#fac221 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fac221
  2. #e1af1e
  3. #c89b1a
  4. #af8817
  5. #967414
  6. #7d6111
  7. #644e0d
  8. #4b3a0a
  9. #322707
  10. #191303
  11. #000000

Tints

#fac221 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fac221
  2. #fbc837
  3. #fbce4d
  4. #fcd464
  5. #fcda7a
  6. #fde190
  7. #fde7a6
  8. #feedbc
  9. #fef3d3
  10. #fff9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fac221 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fac221
  2. #eebb2b
  3. #e2b534
  4. #d5ae3e
  5. #c9a847
  6. #bda151
  7. #b19a5a
  8. #a59464
  9. #988d6d
  10. #8c8777
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dfc7a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbc100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9d02d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffafa6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e8c200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f0cb29 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffb785 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fac221 {
  color: #fac221;
}
Background
.bg-fac221 {
  background-color: #fac221;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fac221 {
  border: 2px solid #fac221;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fac221;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 194 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 96% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fac221 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fac221, #c5fa21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fac221 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 194 33 / 0.35);
}

#fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 1.04 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 1.17 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 1.95 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 1.99 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 2.53 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.21 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.57 #053dde Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Golden Poppy
#fac221  rgb(250, 194, 33)  hsl(45, 96%, 55%)  Golden Poppy
#2159fa  rgb(33, 89, 250)  hsl(225, 96%, 55%)  Ultramarine Blue
#21fac2  rgb(33, 250, 194)  hsl(165, 96%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#c221fa  rgb(194, 33, 250)  hsl(285, 96%, 55%)  Electric Purple