#fcd700

Color #fcd700

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Gold #ffd700 · ΔE 1.35 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#fcd700

RGB

rgb(252, 215, 0)

HSL

hsl(51.2, 100%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(51.2, 100%, 98.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 100%, 1.2%)

LAB

lab(86.65, -3.2, 86.81)

LCH

lch(86.65, 86.87, 92.11)

OKLCH

oklch(88.4%, 0.182, 96.43)

HWB

hwb(51.2, 0%, 1.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0025fc

Analogous

#fc5900

#fcd700

#a3fc00

Triadic

#fcd700

#00fcd7

#d700fc

Split-complementary

#fcd700

#00a3fc

#5900fc

Tetradic

#fcd700

#25fc00

#0025fc

#d700fc

Square

#fcd700

#00fc59

#0025fc

#fc00a3

Shades

Color #fcd700 mixed toward black.

#d2b300

#a88f00

#7e6b00

#544800

#2a2400

Tints

Color #fcd700 mixed toward white.

#ffdf28

#ffe653

#ffec7e

#fff2a9

#fff9d4

Tones

Color #fcd700 mixed toward gray.

#e7c815

#d2b92a

#bdaa3f

#a89c54

#938d69

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#eded71 · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#eff27d · ΔE 12.9

Tritanopia

#fa949a · ΔE 47

Achromatopsia

#d9d9d9 · ΔE 29.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #fcd700;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#fcd700]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#fcd700 (#fcd700) is rgb(252, 215, 0) in RGB.

No, #fcd700 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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