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#FCDE4E

#fcde4e ≈ Mustard

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fcde4e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 87.06% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.9% magenta, 69.05% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 49.66°, with 96.67% saturation and 64.71% 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 15.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mustard (#ffdb58), ΔE 2.17.

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Relative luminance0.7349

Complementary

  1. #fcde4e
  2. #4e6cfc

Split complementary

  1. #fcde4e
  2. #4ec3fc
  3. #874efc

Analogous

  1. #fc874e
  2. #fcde4e
  3. #c3fc4e

Triadic

  1. #fcde4e
  2. #4efcde
  3. #de4efc

Tetradic

  1. #fcde4e
  2. #6cfc4e
  3. #4e6cfc
  4. #de4efc

Square

  1. #fcde4e
  2. #4efc87
  3. #4e6cfc
  4. #fc4ec3

Monochromatic

  1. #ae9103
  2. #f9cf04
  3. #fcde4e
  4. #fdec99
  5. #fffae4

Shades

#fcde4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcde4e
  2. #e3c846
  3. #cab23e
  4. #b09b37
  5. #97852f
  6. #7e6f27
  7. #65591f
  8. #4c4317
  9. #322c10
  10. #191608
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcde4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcde4e
  2. #fce160
  3. #fde571
  4. #fde883
  5. #fdeb95
  6. #feefa7
  7. #fef2b8
  8. #fef5ca
  9. #fef8dc
  10. #fffced
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcde4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcde4e
  2. #f0d553
  3. #e3cb58
  4. #d7c25d
  5. #cab862
  6. #beaf67
  7. #b2a66c
  8. #a59c71
  9. #999376
  10. #8c897b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ebdeb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f4d939 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fbe356 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcec1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f7db42 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fce153 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd4a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcde4e {
  color: #fcde4e;
}
Background
.bg-fcde4e {
  background-color: #fcde4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcde4e {
  border: 2px solid #fcde4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcde4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 222 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 97% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcde4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcde4e, #c3fc4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcde4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 222 78 / 0.35);
}

#ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 2.17 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 2.22 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 2.28 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.81 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.19 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.36 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.88 #0321b1 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Mustard
#fcde4e  rgb(252, 222, 78)  hsl(50, 97%, 65%)  Mustard
#4e6cfc  rgb(78, 108, 252)  hsl(230, 97%, 65%)  Ultramarine Blue
#4efcde  rgb(78, 252, 222)  hsl(170, 97%, 65%)  Turquoise Blue
#de4efc  rgb(222, 78, 252)  hsl(290, 97%, 65%)  Fuchsia