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#FCC73E

#fcc73e ≈ Sunglow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fcc73e 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 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.03% magenta, 75.4% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 43.26°, with 96.94% saturation and 61.57% 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 1.95.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6189

Complementary

  1. #fcc73e
  2. #3e73fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcc73e
  2. #3ed2fc
  3. #683efc

Analogous

  1. #fc683e
  2. #fcc73e
  3. #d2fc3e

Triadic

  1. #fcc73e
  2. #3efcc7
  3. #c73efc

Tetradic

  1. #fcc73e
  2. #73fc3e
  3. #3e73fc
  4. #c73efc

Square

  1. #fcc73e
  2. #3efc68
  3. #3e73fc
  4. #fc3ed2

Monochromatic

  1. #9f7302
  2. #eaaa04
  3. #fcc73e
  4. #fddd89
  5. #fef3d5

Shades

#fcc73e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcc73e
  2. #e3b338
  3. #ca9f32
  4. #b08b2b
  5. #977725
  6. #7e641f
  7. #655019
  8. #4c3c13
  9. #32280c
  10. #191406
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcc73e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcc73e
  2. #fccd51
  3. #fdd265
  4. #fdd878
  5. #fddd8b
  6. #fee39f
  7. #fee9b2
  8. #feeec5
  9. #fef4d8
  10. #fff9ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcc73e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcc73e
  2. #f0c045
  3. #e3b94b
  4. #d7b252
  5. #caab58
  6. #bea45f
  7. #b29c66
  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 #dfc626 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ecd445 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb5ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebc631 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f3cf42 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffbd8d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcc73e {
  color: #fcc73e;
}
Background
.bg-fcc73e {
  background-color: #fcc73e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcc73e {
  border: 2px solid #fcc73e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcc73e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 199 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 97% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcc73e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcc73e, #d2fc3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcc73e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 199 62 / 0.35);
}

#ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 1.95 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 1.98 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 2.64 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 2.83 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.43 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.39 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.63 #0338c1 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Sunglow
#fcc73e  rgb(252, 199, 62)  hsl(43, 97%, 62%)  Sunglow
#3e73fc  rgb(62, 115, 252)  hsl(223, 97%, 62%)  Brandeis Blue
#3efcc7  rgb(62, 252, 199)  hsl(163, 97%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#c73efc  rgb(199, 62, 252)  hsl(283, 97%, 62%)  Electric Purple