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#FCC425

#fcc425 ≈ Mikado Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fcc425 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 14.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.22% magenta, 85.32% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 44.37°, with 97.29% saturation and 56.67% 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 13.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mikado Yellow (#ffc40c), ΔE 1.06.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6031

Complementary

  1. #fcc425
  2. #255dfc

Split complementary

  1. #fcc425
  2. #25c9fc
  3. #5925fc

Analogous

  1. #fc5925
  2. #fcc425
  3. #c9fc25

Triadic

  1. #fcc425
  2. #25fcc4
  3. #c425fc

Tetradic

  1. #fcc425
  2. #5dfc25
  3. #255dfc
  4. #c425fc

Square

  1. #fcc425
  2. #25fc59
  3. #255dfc
  4. #fc25c9

Monochromatic

  1. #866402
  2. #d29c03
  3. #fcc425
  4. #fdd870
  5. #feedbc

Shades

#fcc425 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcc425
  2. #e3b021
  3. #ca9d1e
  4. #b0891a
  5. #977616
  6. #7e6213
  7. #654e0f
  8. #4c3b0b
  9. #322707
  10. #191404
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcc425 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcc425
  2. #fcca3b
  3. #fdd051
  4. #fdd666
  5. #fddc7c
  6. #fee292
  7. #fee7a8
  8. #feedbe
  9. #fef3d3
  10. #fff9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcc425 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcc425
  2. #f0bd2e
  3. #e3b637
  4. #d7b040
  5. #caa949
  6. #bea253
  7. #b29b5c
  8. #a59465
  9. #998e6e
  10. #8c8777
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1c9a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ddc300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebd230 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb1a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eac403 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f2cd2c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffb987 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcc425 {
  color: #fcc425;
}
Background
.bg-fcc425 {
  background-color: #fcc425;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcc425 {
  border: 2px solid #fcc425;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcc425;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 196 37;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 97% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcc425 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcc425, #c9fc25);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcc425 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 196 37 / 0.35);
}

#ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 1.06 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 1.17 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 1.99 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.11 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 2.12 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.09 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.88 #033bda Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Mikado Yellow
#fcc425  rgb(252, 196, 37)  hsl(44, 97%, 57%)  Mikado Yellow
#255dfc  rgb(37, 93, 252)  hsl(224, 97%, 57%)  Ultramarine Blue
#25fcc4  rgb(37, 252, 196)  hsl(164, 97%, 57%)  Aquamarine
#c425fc  rgb(196, 37, 252)  hsl(284, 97%, 57%)  Electric Purple