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#FCE00A

#fce00a ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fce00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 87.84% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.11% magenta, 96.03% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 53.06°, with 97.58% saturation and 51.37% 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 15.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 0.96.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7403

Complementary

  1. #fce00a
  2. #0a26fc

Split complementary

  1. #fce00a
  2. #0a9ffc
  3. #670afc

Analogous

  1. #fc670a
  2. #fce00a
  3. #9ffc0a

Triadic

  1. #fce00a
  2. #0afce0
  3. #e00afc

Tetradic

  1. #fce00a
  2. #26fc0a
  3. #0a26fc
  4. #e00afc

Square

  1. #fce00a
  2. #0afc67
  3. #0a26fc
  4. #fc0a9f

Monochromatic

  1. #6c5f01
  2. #b7a202
  3. #fce00a
  4. #fdea56
  5. #fef3a1

Shades

#fce00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fce00a
  2. #e3ca09
  3. #cab308
  4. #b09d07
  5. #978606
  6. #7e7005
  7. #655a04
  8. #4c4303
  9. #322d02
  10. #191601
  11. #000000

Tints

#fce00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fce00a
  2. #fce323
  3. #fde63b
  4. #fde954
  5. #fdec6c
  6. #fef085
  7. #fef39d
  8. #fef6b6
  9. #fef9ce
  10. #fffce7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fce00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fce00a
  2. #f0d616
  3. #e3cd22
  4. #d7c32d
  5. #caba39
  6. #beb045
  7. #b2a651
  8. #a59d5d
  9. #999368
  10. #8c8a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ebe0b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7da00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe42a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcebf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f9dc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fee221 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd698 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fce00a {
  color: #fce00a;
}
Background
.bg-fce00a {
  background-color: #fce00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fce00a {
  border: 2px solid #fce00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fce00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 224 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 98% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fce00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fce00a, #9ffc0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fce00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 224 10 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 0.96 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.67 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.34 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.42 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.99 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.01 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.45 #031ff5 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#fce00a  rgb(252, 224, 10)  hsl(53, 98%, 51%)  Golden Yellow
#0a26fc  rgb(10, 38, 252)  hsl(233, 98%, 51%)  Blue
#0afce0  rgb(10, 252, 224)  hsl(173, 98%, 51%)  Turquoise Blue
#e00afc  rgb(224, 10, 252)  hsl(293, 98%, 51%)  Fuchsia