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#FCC121

#fcc121 ≈ Mikado Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fcc121 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 75.69% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.41% magenta, 86.9% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 43.84°, with 97.33% saturation and 55.88% 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 12.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mikado Yellow (#ffc40c), ΔE 1.28.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5895

Complementary

  1. #fcc121
  2. #215cfc

Split complementary

  1. #fcc121
  2. #21c9fc
  3. #5421fc

Analogous

  1. #fc5421
  2. #fcc121
  3. #c9fc21

Triadic

  1. #fcc121
  2. #21fcc1
  3. #c121fc

Tetradic

  1. #fcc121
  2. #5cfc21
  3. #215cfc
  4. #c121fc

Square

  1. #fcc121
  2. #21fc54
  3. #215cfc
  4. #fc21c9

Monochromatic

  1. #826002
  2. #ce9703
  3. #fcc121
  4. #fdd66c
  5. #feebb8

Shades

#fcc121 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcc121
  2. #e3ae1e
  3. #ca9a1a
  4. #b08717
  5. #977414
  6. #7e6111
  7. #654d0d
  8. #4c3a0a
  9. #322707
  10. #191303
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcc121 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcc121
  2. #fcc737
  3. #fdcd4d
  4. #fdd464
  5. #fdda7a
  6. #fee090
  7. #fee6a6
  8. #feecbc
  9. #fef3d3
  10. #fff9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcc121 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcc121
  2. #f0bb2b
  3. #e3b434
  4. #d7ae3e
  5. #caa747
  6. #bea151
  7. #b29a5a
  8. #a59464
  9. #998d6d
  10. #8c8777
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e0c6a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbc100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9d02d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaea5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9c100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f1ca29 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffb685 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcc121 {
  color: #fcc121;
}
Background
.bg-fcc121 {
  background-color: #fcc121;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcc121 {
  border: 2px solid #fcc121;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcc121;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 193 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 97% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcc121 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcc121, #c9fc21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcc121 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 193 33 / 0.35);
}

#ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 1.28 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 1.29 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 1.31 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.72 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.07 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.78 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.00 #033ede Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Mikado Yellow
#fcc121  rgb(252, 193, 33)  hsl(44, 97%, 56%)  Mikado Yellow
#215cfc  rgb(33, 92, 252)  hsl(224, 97%, 56%)  Ultramarine Blue
#21fcc1  rgb(33, 252, 193)  hsl(164, 97%, 56%)  Aquamarine
#c121fc  rgb(193, 33, 252)  hsl(284, 97%, 56%)  Electric Purple