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#FCEE2A

#fcee2a ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fcee2a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 93.33% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.56% magenta, 83.33% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 56°, with 97.22% saturation and 57.65% 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 17.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 1.14.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.8201

Complementary

  1. #fcee2a
  2. #2a38fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcee2a
  2. #2aa1fc
  3. #852afc

Analogous

  1. #fc852a
  2. #fcee2a
  3. #a1fc2a

Triadic

  1. #fcee2a
  2. #2afcee
  3. #ee2afc

Tetradic

  1. #fcee2a
  2. #38fc2a
  3. #2a38fc
  4. #ee2afc

Square

  1. #fcee2a
  2. #2afc85
  3. #2a38fc
  4. #fc2aa1

Monochromatic

  1. #8b8202
  2. #d6c803
  3. #fcee2a
  4. #fdf475
  5. #fefac1

Shades

#fcee2a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcee2a
  2. #e3d626
  3. #cabe22
  4. #b0a71d
  5. #978f19
  6. #7e7715
  7. #655f11
  8. #4c470d
  9. #323008
  10. #191804
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcee2a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcee2a
  2. #fcf03f
  3. #fdf155
  4. #fdf36a
  5. #fdf57f
  6. #fef795
  7. #fef8aa
  8. #fefabf
  9. #fefcd4
  10. #fffdea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcee2a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcee2a
  2. #f0e333
  3. #e3d83b
  4. #d7cd44
  5. #cac24c
  6. #beb755
  7. #b2ac5e
  8. #a5a166
  9. #99966f
  10. #8c8b77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f1ebbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffed3e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffddcc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffe900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffee37 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe4a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcee2a {
  color: #fcee2a;
}
Background
.bg-fcee2a {
  background-color: #fcee2a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcee2a {
  border: 2px solid #fcee2a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcee2a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 238 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 97% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcee2a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcee2a, #a1fc2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcee2a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 238 42 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 1.14 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.30 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 2.24 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.38 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 2.46 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.97 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.20 #0311d5 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Aureolin
#fcee2a  rgb(252, 238, 42)  hsl(56, 97%, 58%)  Aureolin
#2a38fc  rgb(42, 56, 252)  hsl(236, 97%, 58%)  Han Purple
#2afcee  rgb(42, 252, 238)  hsl(176, 97%, 58%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee2afc  rgb(238, 42, 252)  hsl(296, 97%, 58%)  Fuchsia