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#FCC73D

#fcc73d ≈ Sunglow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fcc73d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 78.04% green and 23.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.03% magenta, 75.79% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 43.35°, with 96.95% saturation and 61.37% 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 13.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sunglow (#ffcc33), ΔE 1.87.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6188

Complementary

  1. #fcc73d
  2. #3d72fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcc73d
  2. #3dd1fc
  3. #673dfc

Analogous

  1. #fc673d
  2. #fcc73d
  3. #d1fc3d

Triadic

  1. #fcc73d
  2. #3dfcc7
  3. #c73dfc

Tetradic

  1. #fcc73d
  2. #72fc3d
  3. #3d72fc
  4. #c73dfc

Square

  1. #fcc73d
  2. #3dfc67
  3. #3d72fc
  4. #fc3dd1

Monochromatic

  1. #9e7302
  2. #e9a904
  3. #fcc73d
  4. #fddd88
  5. #fef2d4

Shades

#fcc73d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcc73d
  2. #e3b337
  3. #ca9f31
  4. #b08b2b
  5. #977725
  6. #7e641f
  7. #655018
  8. #4c3c12
  9. #32280c
  10. #191406
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcc73d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcc73d
  2. #fccd50
  3. #fdd264
  4. #fdd877
  5. #fddd8b
  6. #fee39e
  7. #fee9b1
  8. #feeec5
  9. #fef4d8
  10. #fff9ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcc73d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcc73d
  2. #f0c044
  3. #e3b94a
  4. #d7b251
  5. #caab58
  6. #bea45f
  7. #b29c65
  8. #a5956c
  9. #998e73
  10. #8c8779
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2cba8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dfc624 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ecd444 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb5ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebc630 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f3cf41 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffbc8d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcc73d {
  color: #fcc73d;
}
Background
.bg-fcc73d {
  background-color: #fcc73d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcc73d {
  border: 2px solid #fcc73d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcc73d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 199 61;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 97% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcc73d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcc73d, #d1fc3d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcc73d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 199 61 / 0.35);
}

#ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 1.87 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 1.92 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 2.56 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 2.76 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.39 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.31 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.65 #0338c2 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Sunglow
#fcc73d  rgb(252, 199, 61)  hsl(43, 97%, 61%)  Sunglow
#3d72fc  rgb(61, 114, 252)  hsl(223, 97%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#3dfcc7  rgb(61, 252, 199)  hsl(163, 97%, 61%)  Aquamarine
#c73dfc  rgb(199, 61, 252)  hsl(283, 97%, 61%)  Electric Purple