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#FDC331

#fdc331 ≈ Mikado Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fdc331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 99.22% red, 76.47% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.92% magenta, 80.63% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 42.94°, with 98.08% saturation and 59.22% 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 13.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mikado Yellow (#ffc40c), ΔE 1.88.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6013

Complementary

  1. #fdc331
  2. #316bfd

Split complementary

  1. #fdc331
  2. #31d1fd
  3. #5d31fd

Analogous

  1. #fd5d31
  2. #fdc331
  3. #d1fd31

Triadic

  1. #fdc331
  2. #31fdc3
  3. #c331fd

Tetradic

  1. #fdc331
  2. #6bfd31
  3. #316bfd
  4. #c331fd

Square

  1. #fdc331
  2. #31fd5d
  3. #316bfd
  4. #fd31d1

Monochromatic

  1. #946a01
  2. #dfa002
  3. #fdc331
  4. #fed97d
  5. #feefc9

Shades

#fdc331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fdc331
  2. #e4b02c
  3. #ca9c27
  4. #b18922
  5. #98751d
  6. #7f6219
  7. #654e14
  8. #4c3b0f
  9. #33270a
  10. #191405
  11. #000000

Tints

#fdc331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fdc331
  2. #fdc946
  3. #fdcf5a
  4. #fed56f
  5. #fedb83
  6. #fee198
  7. #fee7ad
  8. #feedc1
  9. #fff3d6
  10. #fff9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fdc331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fdc331
  2. #f1bc39
  3. #e4b641
  4. #d8af49
  5. #cba851
  6. #bfa259
  7. #b29b60
  8. #a69468
  9. #998d70
  10. #8d8778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1c8a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dcc307 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ead239 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb0a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eac31f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f2cc36 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffb888 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fdc331 {
  color: #fdc331;
}
Background
.bg-fdc331 {
  background-color: #fdc331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fdc331 {
  border: 2px solid #fdc331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fdc331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 253 195 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 98% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fdc331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fdc331, #d1fd31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fdc331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(253 195 49 / 0.35);
}

#ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 1.88 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 2.05 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 2.06 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.63 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 2.83 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.67 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.13 #023cce Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Mikado Yellow
#fdc331  rgb(253, 195, 49)  hsl(43, 98%, 59%)  Mikado Yellow
#316bfd  rgb(49, 107, 253)  hsl(223, 98%, 59%)  Ultramarine Blue
#31fdc3  rgb(49, 253, 195)  hsl(163, 98%, 59%)  Aquamarine
#c331fd  rgb(195, 49, 253)  hsl(283, 98%, 59%)  Electric Purple