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#FCF100

#fcf100 ≈ Aureolin

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fcf100 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 94.51% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.37% magenta, 100% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 57.38°, with 100% saturation and 49.41% 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 17.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aureolin (#fdee00), ΔE 1.

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Web safe#ffff00
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Relative luminance0.8361

Complementary

  1. #fcf100
  2. #000bfc

Split complementary

  1. #fcf100
  2. #0089fc
  3. #7300fc

Analogous

  1. #fc7300
  2. #fcf100
  3. #89fc00

Triadic

  1. #fcf100
  2. #00fcf1
  3. #f100fc

Tetradic

  1. #fcf100
  2. #0bfc00
  3. #000bfc
  4. #f100fc

Square

  1. #fcf100
  2. #00fc73
  3. #000bfc
  4. #fc0089

Monochromatic

  1. #635f00
  2. #afa800
  3. #fcf100
  4. #fff749
  5. #fffa96

Shades

#fcf100 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcf100
  2. #e3d900
  3. #cac100
  4. #b0a900
  5. #979100
  6. #7e7900
  7. #656000
  8. #4c4800
  9. #323000
  10. #191800
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcf100 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcf100
  2. #fcf21a
  3. #fdf433
  4. #fdf54d
  5. #fdf766
  6. #fef880
  7. #fef999
  8. #fefbb3
  9. #fefccc
  10. #fffee6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcf100 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcf100
  2. #f0e60d
  3. #e3da1a
  4. #d7cf26
  5. #cac433
  6. #beb940
  7. #b2ad4d
  8. #a5a25a
  9. #999766
  10. #8c8b73
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ececec ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f2eebc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffef2d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffe0cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffeb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fff022 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe7a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcf100 {
  color: #fcf100;
}
Background
.bg-fcf100 {
  background-color: #fcf100;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcf100 {
  border: 2px solid #fcf100;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcf100;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 241 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcf100 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcf100, #89fc00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcf100 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 241 0 / 0.35);
}

#fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 1.00 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 1.07 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 1.11 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 1.31 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.61 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 3.36 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 3.58 #030eff Inverted #ececec Grayscale 

Aureolin
#fcf100  rgb(252, 241, 0)  hsl(57, 100%, 49%)  Aureolin
#000bfc  rgb(0, 11, 252)  hsl(237, 100%, 49%)  Blue
#00fcf1  rgb(0, 252, 241)  hsl(177, 100%, 49%)  Turquoise Blue
#f100fc  rgb(241, 0, 252)  hsl(297, 100%, 49%)  Fuchsia