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#FBC40E

#fbc40e ≈ Golden Poppy

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fbc40e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.43% red, 76.86% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.91% magenta, 94.42% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 46.08°, with 96.73% saturation and 51.96% 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 13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Poppy (#fcc200), ΔE 0.81.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6002

Complementary

  1. #fbc40e
  2. #0e45fb

Split complementary

  1. #fbc40e
  2. #0ebbfb
  3. #4e0efb

Analogous

  1. #fb4e0e
  2. #fbc40e
  3. #bbfb0e

Triadic

  1. #fbc40e
  2. #0efbc4
  3. #c40efb

Tetradic

  1. #fbc40e
  2. #45fb0e
  3. #0e45fb
  4. #c40efb

Square

  1. #fbc40e
  2. #0efb4e
  3. #0e45fb
  4. #fb0ebb

Monochromatic

  1. #6e5502
  2. #b98f03
  3. #fbc40e
  4. #fcd659
  5. #fde9a5

Shades

#fbc40e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fbc40e
  2. #e2b00d
  3. #c99d0b
  4. #b0890a
  5. #977608
  6. #7e6207
  7. #644e06
  8. #4b3b04
  9. #322703
  10. #191401
  11. #000000

Tints

#fbc40e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fbc40e
  2. #fbca26
  3. #fcd03e
  4. #fcd656
  5. #fddc6e
  6. #fde287
  7. #fde79f
  8. #feedb7
  9. #fef3cf
  10. #fff9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fbc40e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fbc40e
  2. #efbd19
  3. #e2b625
  4. #d6b030
  5. #caa93c
  6. #bea247
  7. #b19b52
  8. #a5945e
  9. #998e69
  10. #8c8775
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e0c9a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dec300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebd223 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb1a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eac300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f1cc1c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffb985 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fbc40e {
  color: #fbc40e;
}
Background
.bg-fbc40e {
  background-color: #fbc40e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fbc40e {
  border: 2px solid #fbc40e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fbc40e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 251 196 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 97% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fbc40e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbc40e, #bbfb0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fbc40e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(251 196 14 / 0.35);
}

#fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 0.81 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 0.99 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.11 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 2.22 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.43 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.47 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.55 #043bf1 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Golden Poppy
#fbc40e  rgb(251, 196, 14)  hsl(46, 97%, 52%)  Golden Poppy
#0e45fb  rgb(14, 69, 251)  hsl(226, 97%, 52%)  Majorelle Blue
#0efbc4  rgb(14, 251, 196)  hsl(166, 97%, 52%)  Aquamarine
#c40efb  rgb(196, 14, 251)  hsl(286, 97%, 52%)  Electric Purple