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#FCD50C

#fcd50c ≈ Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fcd50c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 83.53% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.48% magenta, 95.24% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 50.25°, with 97.56% saturation and 51.76% 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 14.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gold (#ffd700), ΔE 0.62.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6831

Complementary

  1. #fcd50c
  2. #0c33fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcd50c
  2. #0cabfc
  3. #5d0cfc

Analogous

  1. #fc5d0c
  2. #fcd50c
  3. #abfc0c

Triadic

  1. #fcd50c
  2. #0cfcd5
  3. #d50cfc

Tetradic

  1. #fcd50c
  2. #33fc0c
  3. #0c33fc
  4. #d50cfc

Square

  1. #fcd50c
  2. #0cfc5d
  3. #0c33fc
  4. #fc0cab

Monochromatic

  1. #6e5c01
  2. #b99b02
  3. #fcd50c
  4. #fde258
  5. #feefa3

Shades

#fcd50c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcd50c
  2. #e3c00b
  3. #caaa0a
  4. #b09508
  5. #978007
  6. #7e6b06
  7. #655505
  8. #4c4004
  9. #322b02
  10. #191501
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcd50c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcd50c
  2. #fcd924
  3. #fddd3d
  4. #fde255
  5. #fde66d
  6. #feea86
  7. #feee9e
  8. #fef2b6
  9. #fef7ce
  10. #fffbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcd50c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcd50c
  2. #f0cd18
  3. #e3c423
  4. #d7bc2f
  5. #cab33a
  6. #beab46
  7. #b2a252
  8. #a59a5d
  9. #999169
  10. #8c8974
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e7d7ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #edd100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f7dd27 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffc3b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f3d200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f9da1f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffca90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcd50c {
  color: #fcd50c;
}
Background
.bg-fcd50c {
  background-color: #fcd50c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcd50c {
  border: 2px solid #fcd50c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcd50c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 213 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 98% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcd50c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcd50c, #abfc0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcd50c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 213 12 / 0.35);
}

#ffd700 Gold ΔE 0.62 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 1.25 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.78 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.78 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.36 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.43 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.50 #032af3 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Gold
#fcd50c  rgb(252, 213, 12)  hsl(50, 98%, 52%)  Gold
#0c33fc  rgb(12, 51, 252)  hsl(230, 98%, 52%)  Han Purple
#0cfcd5  rgb(12, 252, 213)  hsl(170, 98%, 52%)  Aquamarine
#d50cfc  rgb(213, 12, 252)  hsl(290, 98%, 52%)  Electric Purple