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#FFDC02

#ffdc02 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffdc02 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 86.27% green and 0.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 99.22% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 51.7°, with 100% saturation and 50.39% 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 15.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 0.94.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7245

Complementary

  1. #ffdc02
  2. #0225ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffdc02
  2. #02a3ff
  3. #5d02ff

Analogous

  1. #ff5d02
  2. #ffdc02
  3. #a3ff02

Triadic

  1. #ffdc02
  2. #02ffdc
  3. #dc02ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffdc02
  2. #25ff02
  3. #0225ff
  4. #dc02ff

Square

  1. #ffdc02
  2. #02ff5d
  3. #0225ff
  4. #ff02a3

Monochromatic

  1. #685a00
  2. #b49c00
  3. #ffdc02
  4. #ffe74e
  5. #fff19b

Shades

#ffdc02 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffdc02
  2. #e6c602
  3. #ccb002
  4. #b39a01
  5. #998401
  6. #806e01
  7. #665801
  8. #4d4201
  9. #332c00
  10. #1a1600
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffdc02 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffdc02
  2. #ffe01b
  3. #ffe335
  4. #ffe74e
  5. #ffea67
  6. #ffee81
  7. #fff19a
  8. #fff5b3
  9. #fff8cc
  10. #fffce6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffdc02 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffdc02
  2. #f2d30f
  3. #e6ca1b
  4. #d9c028
  5. #ccb734
  6. #c0ae41
  7. #b3a54e
  8. #a69c5a
  9. #999267
  10. #8d8973
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ebddb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f4d700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fde226 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcabb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f9d900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fee01c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd195 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffdc02 {
  color: #ffdc02;
}
Background
.bg-ffdc02 {
  background-color: #ffdc02;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffdc02 {
  border: 2px solid #ffdc02;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffdc02;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 220 2;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffdc02 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffdc02, #a3ff02);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffdc02 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 220 2 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 0.94 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 1.58 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 2.11 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 2.88 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.61 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.88 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.92 #0023fd Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#ffdc02  rgb(255, 220, 2)  hsl(52, 100%, 50%)  Golden Yellow
#0225ff  rgb(2, 37, 255)  hsl(232, 100%, 50%)  Blue
#02ffdc  rgb(2, 255, 220)  hsl(172, 100%, 50%)  Turquoise Blue
#dc02ff  rgb(220, 2, 255)  hsl(292, 100%, 50%)  Electric Purple