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#FCBA36

#fcba36 ≈ Amber

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fcba36 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 21.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.19% magenta, 78.57% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 40°, with 97.06% saturation and 60% 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 12.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Amber (#ffbf00), ΔE 3.62.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5608

Complementary

  1. #fcba36
  2. #3678fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcba36
  2. #36dbfc
  3. #5736fc

Analogous

  1. #fc5736
  2. #fcba36
  3. #dbfc36

Triadic

  1. #fcba36
  2. #36fcba
  3. #ba36fc

Tetradic

  1. #fcba36
  2. #78fc36
  3. #3678fc
  4. #ba36fc

Square

  1. #fcba36
  2. #36fc57
  3. #3678fc
  4. #fc36db

Monochromatic

  1. #976502
  2. #e29803
  3. #fcba36
  4. #fdd481
  5. #feeecd

Shades

#fcba36 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcba36
  2. #e3a731
  3. #ca952b
  4. #b08226
  5. #977020
  6. #7e5d1b
  7. #654a16
  8. #4c3810
  9. #32250b
  10. #191305
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcba36 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcba36
  2. #fcc14a
  3. #fdc85e
  4. #fdcf72
  5. #fdd686
  6. #fedd9b
  7. #fee3af
  8. #feeac3
  9. #fef1d7
  10. #fff8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcba36 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcba36
  2. #f0b43d
  3. #e3ae45
  4. #d7a94c
  5. #caa354
  6. #be9d5b
  7. #b29762
  8. #a5916a
  9. #998c71
  10. #8c8679
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ddc1a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bc1c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e3cc3c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa7a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5bb28 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eec53a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffaf83 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcba36 {
  color: #fcba36;
}
Background
.bg-fcba36 {
  background-color: #fcba36;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcba36 {
  border: 2px solid #fcba36;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcba36;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 186 54;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 97% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcba36 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcba36, #dbfc36);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcba36 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 186 54 / 0.35);
}

#ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.62 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 4.77 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.80 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.84 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.26 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.64 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.15 #0345c9 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Amber
#fcba36  rgb(252, 186, 54)  hsl(40, 97%, 60%)  Amber
#3678fc  rgb(54, 120, 252)  hsl(220, 97%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#36fcba  rgb(54, 252, 186)  hsl(160, 97%, 60%)  Medium Spring Green
#ba36fc  rgb(186, 54, 252)  hsl(280, 97%, 60%)  Electric Purple