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#FCF00A

#fcf00a ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fcf00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 94.12% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.76% magenta, 96.03% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 57.02°, 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 17.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 0.74.

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Web safe#ffff00
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Relative luminance0.8304

Complementary

  1. #fcf00a
  2. #0a16fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcf00a
  2. #0a8ffc
  3. #770afc

Analogous

  1. #fc770a
  2. #fcf00a
  3. #8ffc0a

Triadic

  1. #fcf00a
  2. #0afcf0
  3. #f00afc

Tetradic

  1. #fcf00a
  2. #16fc0a
  3. #0a16fc
  4. #f00afc

Square

  1. #fcf00a
  2. #0afc77
  3. #0a16fc
  4. #fc0a8f

Monochromatic

  1. #6c6601
  2. #b7ae02
  3. #fcf00a
  4. #fdf556
  5. #fef9a1

Shades

#fcf00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcf00a
  2. #e3d809
  3. #cac008
  4. #b0a807
  5. #979006
  6. #7e7805
  7. #656004
  8. #4c4803
  9. #323002
  10. #191801
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcf00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcf00a
  2. #fcf223
  3. #fdf33b
  4. #fdf554
  5. #fdf66c
  6. #fef885
  7. #fef99d
  8. #fefbb6
  9. #fefcce
  10. #fffee7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcf00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcf00a
  2. #f0e516
  3. #e3da22
  4. #d7ce2d
  5. #cac339
  6. #beb845
  7. #b2ad51
  8. #a5a25d
  9. #999668
  10. #8c8b74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ebebeb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f2edbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffee2f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdfcd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffea00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffef25 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe6a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcf00a {
  color: #fcf00a;
}
Background
.bg-fcf00a {
  background-color: #fcf00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcf00a {
  border: 2px solid #fcf00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcf00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 240 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 98% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcf00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcf00a, #8ffc0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcf00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 240 10 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 0.74 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 0.90 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 1.34 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 1.60 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.48 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 3.64 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.78 #030ff5 Inverted #ebebeb Grayscale 

Aureolin
#fcf00a  rgb(252, 240, 10)  hsl(57, 98%, 51%)  Aureolin
#0a16fc  rgb(10, 22, 252)  hsl(237, 98%, 51%)  Blue
#0afcf0  rgb(10, 252, 240)  hsl(177, 98%, 51%)  Turquoise Blue
#f00afc  rgb(240, 10, 252)  hsl(297, 98%, 51%)  Fuchsia