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#FCDB15

#fcdb15 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fcdb15 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 85.88% green and 8.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.1% magenta, 91.67% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 51.43°, with 97.47% saturation and 53.53% 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 15.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 1.09.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7141

Complementary

  1. #fcdb15
  2. #1536fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcdb15
  2. #15a9fc
  3. #6815fc

Analogous

  1. #fc6815
  2. #fcdb15
  3. #a9fc15

Triadic

  1. #fcdb15
  2. #15fcdb
  3. #db15fc

Tetradic

  1. #fcdb15
  2. #36fc15
  3. #1536fc
  4. #db15fc

Square

  1. #fcdb15
  2. #15fc68
  3. #1536fc
  4. #fc15a9

Monochromatic

  1. #766602
  2. #c2a702
  3. #fcdb15
  4. #fde761
  5. #fef2ac

Shades

#fcdb15 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcdb15
  2. #e3c513
  3. #caaf11
  4. #b0990f
  5. #97830d
  6. #7e6e0b
  7. #655808
  8. #4c4206
  9. #322c04
  10. #191602
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcdb15 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcdb15
  2. #fcdf2c
  3. #fde244
  4. #fde65b
  5. #fde973
  6. #feed8a
  7. #fef1a1
  8. #fef4b9
  9. #fef8d0
  10. #fffbe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcdb15 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcdb15
  2. #f0d220
  3. #e3c92a
  4. #d7c035
  5. #cab740
  6. #beae4b
  7. #b2a455
  8. #a59b60
  9. #99926b
  10. #8c8975
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dcdcdc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9dbb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f3d600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fbe12d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffc9bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f6d800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fbde25 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd095 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcdb15 {
  color: #fcdb15;
}
Background
.bg-fcdb15 {
  background-color: #fcdb15;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcdb15 {
  border: 2px solid #fcdb15;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcdb15;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 219 21;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 97% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcdb15 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcdb15, #a9fc15);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcdb15 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 219 21 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.09 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.77 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 1.83 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.06 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.33 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.46 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.47 #0324ea Inverted #dcdcdc Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#fcdb15  rgb(252, 219, 21)  hsl(51, 97%, 54%)  Golden Yellow
#1536fc  rgb(21, 54, 252)  hsl(231, 97%, 54%)  Han Purple
#15fcdb  rgb(21, 252, 219)  hsl(171, 97%, 54%)  Turquoise Blue
#db15fc  rgb(219, 21, 252)  hsl(291, 97%, 54%)  Electric Purple