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#FCC40A

#fcc40a ≈ Golden Poppy

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fcc40a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 76.86% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.22% magenta, 96.03% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 46.12°, 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 13.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Poppy (#fcc200), ΔE 0.64.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.602

Complementary

  1. #fcc40a
  2. #0a42fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcc40a
  2. #0abbfc
  3. #4b0afc

Analogous

  1. #fc4b0a
  2. #fcc40a
  3. #bbfc0a

Triadic

  1. #fcc40a
  2. #0afcc4
  3. #c40afc

Tetradic

  1. #fcc40a
  2. #42fc0a
  3. #0a42fc
  4. #c40afc

Square

  1. #fcc40a
  2. #0afc4b
  3. #0a42fc
  4. #fc0abb

Monochromatic

  1. #6c5301
  2. #b78d02
  3. #fcc40a
  4. #fdd656
  5. #fee8a1

Shades

#fcc40a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcc40a
  2. #e3b009
  3. #ca9d08
  4. #b08907
  5. #977606
  6. #7e6205
  7. #654e04
  8. #4c3b03
  9. #322702
  10. #191401
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcc40a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcc40a
  2. #fcca23
  3. #fdd03b
  4. #fdd654
  5. #fddc6c
  6. #fee285
  7. #fee79d
  8. #feedb6
  9. #fef3ce
  10. #fff9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcc40a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcc40a
  2. #f0bd16
  3. #e3b622
  4. #d7b02d
  5. #caa939
  6. #bea245
  7. #b29b51
  8. #a5945d
  9. #998e68
  10. #8c8774
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1c9a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dec300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebd221 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb1a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eac300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f2cd1a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffb985 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcc40a {
  color: #fcc40a;
}
Background
.bg-fcc40a {
  background-color: #fcc40a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcc40a {
  border: 2px solid #fcc40a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcc40a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 196 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 98% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcc40a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcc40a, #bbfc0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcc40a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 196 10 / 0.35);
}

#fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 0.64 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 0.77 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.24 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 2.32 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.32 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.67 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.66 #033bf5 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Golden Poppy
#fcc40a  rgb(252, 196, 10)  hsl(46, 98%, 51%)  Golden Poppy
#0a42fc  rgb(10, 66, 252)  hsl(226, 98%, 51%)  Majorelle Blue
#0afcc4  rgb(10, 252, 196)  hsl(166, 98%, 51%)  Aquamarine
#c40afc  rgb(196, 10, 252)  hsl(286, 98%, 51%)  Electric Purple