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#FCAE08

#fcae08 ≈ Orange

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fcae08 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 68.24% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 30.95% magenta, 96.83% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 40.82°, with 97.6% saturation and 50.98% 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 11.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Orange (#ffa500), ΔE 3.59.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.5099

Complementary

  1. #fcae08
  2. #0856fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcae08
  2. #08d0fc
  3. #3408fc

Analogous

  1. #fc3408
  2. #fcae08
  3. #d0fc08

Triadic

  1. #fcae08
  2. #08fcae
  3. #ae08fc

Tetradic

  1. #fcae08
  2. #56fc08
  3. #0856fc
  4. #ae08fc

Square

  1. #fcae08
  2. #08fc34
  3. #0856fc
  4. #fc08d0

Monochromatic

  1. #6a4801
  2. #b57c02
  3. #fcae08
  4. #fdc754
  5. #fee09f

Shades

#fcae08 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcae08
  2. #e39d07
  3. #ca8b06
  4. #b07a06
  5. #976805
  6. #7e5704
  7. #654603
  8. #4c3402
  9. #322302
  10. #191101
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcae08 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcae08
  2. #fcb621
  3. #fdbe39
  4. #fdc652
  5. #fdce6b
  6. #fed784
  7. #fedf9c
  8. #fee7b5
  9. #feefce
  10. #fff7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcae08 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcae08
  2. #f0a914
  3. #e3a520
  4. #d7a02c
  5. #ca9c38
  6. #be9744
  7. #b29250
  8. #a58e5c
  9. #998968
  10. #8c8574
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9b796 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc518 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9994 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0b000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eabc13 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffa276 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcae08 {
  color: #fcae08;
}
Background
.bg-fcae08 {
  background-color: #fcae08;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcae08 {
  border: 2px solid #fcae08;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcae08;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 174 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 98% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcae08 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcae08, #d0fc08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcae08 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 174 8 / 0.35);
}

#ffa500 Orange ΔE 3.59 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.13 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 4.43 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 4.96 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.69 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 5.70 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.70 #0351f7 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Orange
#fcae08  rgb(252, 174, 8)  hsl(41, 98%, 51%)  Orange
#0856fc  rgb(8, 86, 252)  hsl(221, 98%, 51%)  Ultramarine Blue
#08fcae  rgb(8, 252, 174)  hsl(161, 98%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green
#ae08fc  rgb(174, 8, 252)  hsl(281, 98%, 51%)  Vivid Violet