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#FCBA31

#fcba31 ≈ Amber

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fcba31 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 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.19% magenta, 80.56% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 40.49°, with 97.13% saturation and 59.02% 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 12.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Amber (#ffbf00), ΔE 3.2.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5604

Complementary

  1. #fcba31
  2. #3173fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcba31
  2. #31d9fc
  3. #5431fc

Analogous

  1. #fc5431
  2. #fcba31
  3. #d9fc31

Triadic

  1. #fcba31
  2. #31fcba
  3. #ba31fc

Tetradic

  1. #fcba31
  2. #73fc31
  3. #3173fc
  4. #ba31fc

Square

  1. #fcba31
  2. #31fc54
  3. #3173fc
  4. #fc31d9

Monochromatic

  1. #926302
  2. #dd9603
  3. #fcba31
  4. #fdd37c
  5. #feedc8

Shades

#fcba31 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcba31
  2. #e3a72c
  3. #ca9527
  4. #b08222
  5. #97701d
  6. #7e5d19
  7. #654a14
  8. #4c380f
  9. #32250a
  10. #191305
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcba31 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcba31
  2. #fcc146
  3. #fdc85a
  4. #fdcf6f
  5. #fdd683
  6. #fedd98
  7. #fee3ad
  8. #feeac1
  9. #fef1d6
  10. #fff8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcba31 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcba31
  2. #f0b439
  3. #e3ae41
  4. #d7a949
  5. #caa351
  6. #be9d59
  7. #b29760
  8. #a59168
  9. #998c70
  10. #8c8678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ddc19f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bc0f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4cc38 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa7a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5bb21 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eec535 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffaf82 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcba31 {
  color: #fcba31;
}
Background
.bg-fcba31 {
  background-color: #fcba31;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcba31 {
  border: 2px solid #fcba31;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcba31;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 186 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 97% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcba31 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcba31, #d9fc31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcba31 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 186 49 / 0.35);
}

#ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.20 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.43 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.46 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.16 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.18 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.40 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.98 #0345ce Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Amber
#fcba31  rgb(252, 186, 49)  hsl(40, 97%, 59%)  Amber
#3173fc  rgb(49, 115, 252)  hsl(220, 97%, 59%)  Brandeis Blue
#31fcba  rgb(49, 252, 186)  hsl(160, 97%, 59%)  Medium Spring Green
#ba31fc  rgb(186, 49, 252)  hsl(280, 97%, 59%)  Electric Purple