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#FDC71A

#fdc71a ≈ Mikado Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fdc71a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 99.22% red, 78.04% green and 10.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.34% magenta, 89.72% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 45.73°, with 98.27% saturation and 54.71% 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 13.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mikado Yellow (#ffc40c), ΔE 1.32.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.618

Complementary

  1. #fdc71a
  2. #1a50fd

Split complementary

  1. #fdc71a
  2. #1ac1fd
  3. #561afd

Analogous

  1. #fd561a
  2. #fdc71a
  3. #c1fd1a

Triadic

  1. #fdc71a
  2. #1afdc7
  3. #c71afd

Tetradic

  1. #fdc71a
  2. #50fd1a
  3. #1a50fd
  4. #c71afd

Square

  1. #fdc71a
  2. #1afd56
  3. #1a50fd
  4. #fd1ac1

Monochromatic

  1. #7d5f01
  2. #c99902
  3. #fdc71a
  4. #feda66
  5. #feecb2

Shades

#fdc71a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fdc71a
  2. #e4b317
  3. #ca9f15
  4. #b18b12
  5. #987710
  6. #7f640d
  7. #65500a
  8. #4c3c08
  9. #332805
  10. #191403
  11. #000000

Tints

#fdc71a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fdc71a
  2. #fdcd31
  3. #fdd248
  4. #fed85f
  5. #fedd76
  6. #fee38d
  7. #fee9a3
  8. #feeeba
  9. #fff4d1
  10. #fff9e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fdc71a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fdc71a
  2. #f1c024
  3. #e4b92e
  4. #d8b239
  5. #cbab43
  6. #bfa44d
  7. #b29c57
  8. #a69561
  9. #998e6c
  10. #8d8776
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2cba5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e0c600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #edd42a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb4aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ecc600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f4cf24 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffbc88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fdc71a {
  color: #fdc71a;
}
Background
.bg-fdc71a {
  background-color: #fdc71a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fdc71a {
  border: 2px solid #fdc71a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fdc71a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 253 199 26;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 98% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fdc71a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fdc71a, #c1fd1a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fdc71a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(253 199 26 / 0.35);
}

#ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 1.32 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 1.43 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 1.54 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.05 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.92 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.14 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.01 #0238e5 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Mikado Yellow
#fdc71a  rgb(253, 199, 26)  hsl(46, 98%, 55%)  Mikado Yellow
#1a50fd  rgb(26, 80, 253)  hsl(226, 98%, 55%)  Majorelle Blue
#1afdc7  rgb(26, 253, 199)  hsl(166, 98%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#c71afd  rgb(199, 26, 253)  hsl(286, 98%, 55%)  Electric Purple