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#fcda1e ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fcda1e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 85.49% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.49% magenta, 88.1% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 50.81°, with 97.37% saturation and 55.29% 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 15.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 1.53.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.7093

Complementary

  1. #fcda1e
  2. #1e40fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcda1e
  2. #1eaffc
  3. #6b1efc

Analogous

  1. #fc6b1e
  2. #fcda1e
  3. #affc1e

Triadic

  1. #fcda1e
  2. #1efcda
  3. #da1efc

Tetradic

  1. #fcda1e
  2. #40fc1e
  3. #1e40fc
  4. #da1efc

Square

  1. #fcda1e
  2. #1efc6b
  3. #1e40fc
  4. #fc1eaf

Monochromatic

  1. #7f6c02
  2. #cbac03
  3. #fcda1e
  4. #fde669
  5. #fef3b5

Shades

#fcda1e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcda1e
  2. #e3c41b
  3. #caae18
  4. #b09915
  5. #978312
  6. #7e6d0f
  7. #65570c
  8. #4c4109
  9. #322c06
  10. #191603
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcda1e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcda1e
  2. #fcde35
  3. #fde14b
  4. #fde562
  5. #fde978
  6. #feed8f
  7. #fef0a5
  8. #fef4bc
  9. #fef8d2
  10. #fffbe9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcda1e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcda1e
  2. #f0d128
  3. #e3c832
  4. #d7bf3b
  5. #cab645
  6. #bead4f
  7. #b2a459
  8. #a59b63
  9. #99926c
  10. #8c8976
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9dbaf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f1d500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fae031 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffc8ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f6d700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fbde2b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffcf95 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcda1e {
  color: #fcda1e;
}
Background
.bg-fcda1e {
  background-color: #fcda1e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcda1e {
  border: 2px solid #fcda1e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcda1e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 218 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 97% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcda1e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcda1e, #affc1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcda1e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 218 30 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.53 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 1.60 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.86 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 2.75 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.09 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.16 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.38 #0325e1 Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#fcda1e  rgb(252, 218, 30)  hsl(51, 97%, 55%)  Golden Yellow
#1e40fc  rgb(30, 64, 252)  hsl(231, 97%, 55%)  Majorelle Blue
#1efcda  rgb(30, 252, 218)  hsl(171, 97%, 55%)  Turquoise Blue
#da1efc  rgb(218, 30, 252)  hsl(291, 97%, 55%)  Electric Purple