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#FCB30A

#fcb30a ≈ Amber

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fcb30a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 70.2% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.97% magenta, 96.03% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 41.9°, with 97.58% saturation and 51.37% 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 11.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Amber (#ffbf00), ΔE 3.93.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5296

Complementary

  1. #fcb30a
  2. #0a53fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcb30a
  2. #0accfc
  3. #3a0afc

Analogous

  1. #fc3a0a
  2. #fcb30a
  3. #ccfc0a

Triadic

  1. #fcb30a
  2. #0afcb3
  3. #b30afc

Tetradic

  1. #fcb30a
  2. #53fc0a
  3. #0a53fc
  4. #b30afc

Square

  1. #fcb30a
  2. #0afc3a
  3. #0a53fc
  4. #fc0acc

Monochromatic

  1. #6c4c01
  2. #b78102
  3. #fcb30a
  4. #fdca56
  5. #fee2a1

Shades

#fcb30a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcb30a
  2. #e3a109
  3. #ca8f08
  4. #b07d07
  5. #976b06
  6. #7e5a05
  7. #654804
  8. #4c3603
  9. #322402
  10. #191201
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcb30a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcb30a
  2. #fcbb23
  3. #fdc23b
  4. #fdca54
  5. #fdd16c
  6. #fed985
  7. #fee19d
  8. #fee8b6
  9. #fef0ce
  10. #fff7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcb30a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcb30a
  2. #f0ae16
  3. #e3a922
  4. #d7a42d
  5. #ca9f39
  6. #be9a45
  7. #b29451
  8. #a58f5d
  9. #998a68
  10. #8c8574
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dbbb99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0c81b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9e99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2b500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ecc015 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffa779 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcb30a {
  color: #fcb30a;
}
Background
.bg-fcb30a {
  background-color: #fcb30a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcb30a {
  border: 2px solid #fcb30a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcb30a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 179 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 98% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcb30a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcb30a, #ccfc0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcb30a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 179 10 / 0.35);
}

#ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.93 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.27 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.30 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 5.36 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.45 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.53 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.19 #034cf5 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Amber
#fcb30a  rgb(252, 179, 10)  hsl(42, 98%, 51%)  Amber
#0a53fc  rgb(10, 83, 252)  hsl(222, 98%, 51%)  Ultramarine Blue
#0afcb3  rgb(10, 252, 179)  hsl(162, 98%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green
#b30afc  rgb(179, 10, 252)  hsl(282, 98%, 51%)  Electric Purple