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#FCED12

#fced12 ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fced12 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 92.94% green and 7.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.95% magenta, 92.86% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 56.15°, with 97.5% saturation and 52.94% 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 17.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 0.4.

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Relative luminance0.8131

Complementary

  1. #fced12
  2. #1221fc

Split complementary

  1. #fced12
  2. #1296fc
  3. #7812fc

Analogous

  1. #fc7812
  2. #fced12
  3. #96fc12

Triadic

  1. #fced12
  2. #12fced
  3. #ed12fc

Tetradic

  1. #fced12
  2. #21fc12
  3. #1221fc
  4. #ed12fc

Square

  1. #fced12
  2. #12fc78
  3. #1221fc
  4. #fc1296

Monochromatic

  1. #746c01
  2. #bfb302
  3. #fced12
  4. #fdf35e
  5. #fef8a9

Shades

#fced12 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fced12
  2. #e3d510
  3. #cabe0e
  4. #b0a60d
  5. #978e0b
  6. #7e7709
  7. #655f07
  8. #4c4705
  9. #322f04
  10. #191802
  11. #000000

Tints

#fced12 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fced12
  2. #fcef2a
  3. #fdf141
  4. #fdf259
  5. #fdf471
  6. #fef689
  7. #fef8a0
  8. #fefab8
  9. #fefbd0
  10. #fffde7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fced12 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fced12
  2. #f0e21d
  3. #e3d728
  4. #d7cc33
  5. #cac13e
  6. #beb749
  7. #b2ac54
  8. #a5a15f
  9. #99966a
  10. #8c8b75
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f1eaba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffec31 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdcca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffed28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe3a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fced12 {
  color: #fced12;
}
Background
.bg-fced12 {
  background-color: #fced12;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fced12 {
  border: 2px solid #fced12;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fced12;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 237 18;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 98% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fced12 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fced12, #96fc12);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fced12 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 237 18 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 0.40 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 0.65 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.17 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.33 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.43 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.16 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 4.50 #0312ed Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Aureolin
#fced12  rgb(252, 237, 18)  hsl(56, 98%, 53%)  Aureolin
#1221fc  rgb(18, 33, 252)  hsl(236, 98%, 53%)  Blue
#12fced  rgb(18, 252, 237)  hsl(176, 98%, 53%)  Turquoise Blue
#ed12fc  rgb(237, 18, 252)  hsl(296, 98%, 53%)  Fuchsia