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#FCBA23

#fcba23 ≈ Amber

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fcba23 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 72.94% green and 13.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.19% magenta, 86.11% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 41.75°, with 97.31% saturation and 56.27% 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 12.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Amber (#ffbf00), ΔE 2.27.

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Relative luminance0.5593

Complementary

  1. #fcba23
  2. #2365fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcba23
  2. #23d1fc
  3. #4d23fc

Analogous

  1. #fc4d23
  2. #fcba23
  3. #d1fc23

Triadic

  1. #fcba23
  2. #23fcba
  3. #ba23fc

Tetradic

  1. #fcba23
  2. #65fc23
  3. #2365fc
  4. #ba23fc

Square

  1. #fcba23
  2. #23fc4d
  3. #2365fc
  4. #fc23d1

Monochromatic

  1. #845d02
  2. #d09103
  3. #fcba23
  4. #fdd26e
  5. #fee9ba

Shades

#fcba23 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcba23
  2. #e3a720
  3. #ca951c
  4. #b08219
  5. #977015
  6. #7e5d12
  7. #654a0e
  8. #4c380b
  9. #322507
  10. #191304
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcba23 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcba23
  2. #fcc139
  3. #fdc84f
  4. #fdcf65
  5. #fdd67b
  6. #fedd91
  7. #fee3a7
  8. #feeabd
  9. #fef1d3
  10. #fff8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcba23 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcba23
  2. #f0b42c
  3. #e3ae36
  4. #d7a93f
  5. #caa348
  6. #be9d52
  7. #b2975b
  8. #a59164
  9. #998c6d
  10. #8c8677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ddc19e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bb00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4cc2d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa6a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5bb03 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eec529 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffaf80 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcba23 {
  color: #fcba23;
}
Background
.bg-fcba23 {
  background-color: #fcba23;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcba23 {
  border: 2px solid #fcba23;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcba23;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 186 35;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 97% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcba23 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcba23, #d1fc23);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcba23 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 186 35 / 0.35);
}

#ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.27 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.63 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.66 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.96 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.15 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.53 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.08 #0345dc Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Amber
#fcba23  rgb(252, 186, 35)  hsl(42, 97%, 56%)  Amber
#2365fc  rgb(35, 101, 252)  hsl(222, 97%, 56%)  Ultramarine Blue
#23fcba  rgb(35, 252, 186)  hsl(162, 97%, 56%)  Medium Spring Green
#ba23fc  rgb(186, 35, 252)  hsl(282, 97%, 56%)  Electric Purple