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#FDC429

#fdc429 ≈ Mikado Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fdc429 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 99.22% red, 76.86% green and 16.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.53% magenta, 83.79% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 43.87°, with 98.15% 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 13.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mikado Yellow (#ffc40c), ΔE 1.2.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6052

Complementary

  1. #fdc429
  2. #2962fd

Split complementary

  1. #fdc429
  2. #29ccfd
  3. #5a29fd

Analogous

  1. #fd5a29
  2. #fdc429
  3. #ccfd29

Triadic

  1. #fdc429
  2. #29fdc4
  3. #c429fd

Tetradic

  1. #fdc429
  2. #62fd29
  3. #2962fd
  4. #c429fd

Square

  1. #fdc429
  2. #29fd5a
  3. #2962fd
  4. #fd29cc

Monochromatic

  1. #8c6701
  2. #d89e02
  3. #fdc429
  4. #fed975
  5. #feeec1

Shades

#fdc429 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fdc429
  2. #e4b025
  3. #ca9d21
  4. #b1891d
  5. #987619
  6. #7f6215
  7. #654e10
  8. #4c3b0c
  9. #332708
  10. #191404
  11. #000000

Tints

#fdc429 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fdc429
  2. #fdca3e
  3. #fdd054
  4. #fed669
  5. #fedc7f
  6. #fee294
  7. #fee7a9
  8. #feedbf
  9. #fff3d4
  10. #fff9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fdc429 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fdc429
  2. #f1bd32
  3. #e4b63a
  4. #d8b043
  5. #cba94c
  6. #bfa255
  7. #b29b5d
  8. #a69466
  9. #998e6f
  10. #8d8777
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1c9a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ddc300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebd233 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb1a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebc40f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f2cd30 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffb988 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fdc429 {
  color: #fdc429;
}
Background
.bg-fdc429 {
  background-color: #fdc429;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fdc429 {
  border: 2px solid #fdc429;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fdc429;
  --color-primary-rgb: 253 196 41;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 98% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fdc429 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fdc429, #ccfd29);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fdc429 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(253 196 41 / 0.35);
}

#ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 1.20 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 1.40 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 1.99 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.24 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 2.29 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.46 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.90 #023bd6 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Mikado Yellow
#fdc429  rgb(253, 196, 41)  hsl(44, 98%, 58%)  Mikado Yellow
#2962fd  rgb(41, 98, 253)  hsl(224, 98%, 58%)  Ultramarine Blue
#29fdc4  rgb(41, 253, 196)  hsl(164, 98%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#c429fd  rgb(196, 41, 253)  hsl(284, 98%, 58%)  Electric Purple