Information about #FCCB51 color

#FCCB51 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#FCCB51 falls into the Orange Color Family — Full Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(252, 203, 81) — 98.8% red, 79.6% green, 31.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 19 / 67 / 1. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#FCCB51 is a pure, full-strength amber-leaning orange that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Kournikova (#F9D054). Slightly further away sit Chickadee (#FFC34D) and Maize (#F4D054).

In RGB terms — rgb(252, 203, 81) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 13.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #FCCB51 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#FCCB51 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#FCCB51 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #FCCB51

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Kournikova color link
Kournikova

#F9D054

Chickadee color link
Chickadee

#FFC34D

Maize color link
Maize

#F4D054

Charger color link
Charger

#F9C24E

Portica color link
Portica

#F0D555

Wild Thing color link
Wild Thing

#FAD443

Mustard color link
Mustard

#FFDB58

Cream Can color link
Cream Can

#EEC051

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#FCCB51
  • RGB252, 203, 81
  • CMYK0, 19, 67, 1
  • CSSrgb(252, 203, 81)
  • HSL43°, 97%, 65%
  • HSL Precise42.807°, 96.61%, 65.294%
  • HSV43°, 68%, 99%
  • HSB43°, 68%, 99%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.988
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.796
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • GLSLvec3(0.988, 0.796, 0.318)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.988, 0.796, 0.318, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.988, 0.796, 0.318)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB98.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB79.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB31.8%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDFCCB51
  • DECIMAL ID16567121
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01