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#FAC52C

#fac52c ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fac52c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 77.25% green and 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.2% magenta, 82.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 44.56°, with 95.37% saturation and 57.65% 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 13.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 1.3.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6044

Complementary

  1. #fac52c
  2. #2c61fa

Split complementary

  1. #fac52c
  2. #2cc8fa
  3. #5e2cfa

Analogous

  1. #fa5e2c
  2. #fac52c
  3. #c8fa2c

Triadic

  1. #fac52c
  2. #2cfac5
  3. #c52cfa

Tetradic

  1. #fac52c
  2. #61fa2c
  3. #2c61fa
  4. #c52cfa

Square

  1. #fac52c
  2. #2cfa5e
  3. #2c61fa
  4. #fa2cc8

Monochromatic

  1. #8a6703
  2. #d49f05
  3. #fac52c
  4. #fcda77
  5. #feeec1

Shades

#fac52c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fac52c
  2. #e1b128
  3. #c89e23
  4. #af8a1f
  5. #96761a
  6. #7d6316
  7. #644f12
  8. #4b3b0d
  9. #322709
  10. #191404
  11. #000000

Tints

#fac52c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fac52c
  2. #fbcb41
  3. #fbd156
  4. #fcd66b
  5. #fcdc80
  6. #fde296
  7. #fde8ab
  8. #feeec0
  9. #fef3d5
  10. #fff9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fac52c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fac52c
  2. #eebe34
  3. #e2b73d
  4. #d5b045
  5. #c9a94e
  6. #bda356
  7. #b19c5e
  8. #a59567
  9. #988e6f
  10. #8c8778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e0c9a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dec400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ead236 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb3a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eac415 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f1cd32 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffba89 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fac52c {
  color: #fac52c;
}
Background
.bg-fac52c {
  background-color: #fac52c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fac52c {
  border: 2px solid #fac52c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fac52c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 197 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 95% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fac52c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fac52c, #c8fa2c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fac52c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 197 44 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 1.30 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 1.69 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 1.70 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 1.73 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.85 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.55 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.60 #053ad3 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Saffron
#fac52c  rgb(250, 197, 44)  hsl(45, 95%, 58%)  Saffron
#2c61fa  rgb(44, 97, 250)  hsl(225, 95%, 58%)  Ultramarine Blue
#2cfac5  rgb(44, 250, 197)  hsl(165, 95%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#c52cfa  rgb(197, 44, 250)  hsl(285, 95%, 58%)  Electric Purple