Information about #FCDF4E color

#FCDF4E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#FCDF4E falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(252, 223, 78) — 98.8% red, 87.5% green, 30.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 11 / 68 / 1. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#FCDF4E is a pure, full-strength golden yellow 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 Minion Yellow (#F5E050). Slightly further away sit Gargoyle Gas (#FFDF46) and Mustard (#FFDB58).

The recipe behind #FCDF4E is rgb(252, 223, 78), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 15.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #FCDF4E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#FCDF4E color variations

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

#FCDF4E color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#FCDF4E color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#FCDF4E color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#FCDF4E color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#FCDF4E 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
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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
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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
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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
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#DF4FFC
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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#FC4FC3
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Nearest named colors to #FCDF4E

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

Minion Yellow color link
Minion Yellow

#F5E050

Gargoyle Gas color link
Gargoyle Gas

#FFDF46

Mustard color link
Mustard

#FFDB58

Energy Yellow color link
Energy Yellow

#F5D752

Paris Daisy color link
Paris Daisy

#FBEB50

Holiday color link
Holiday

#F5EB4F

Wild Thing color link
Wild Thing

#FAD443

Kournikova color link
Kournikova

#F9D054

Naples Yellow color link
Naples Yellow

#FADA5E

Spring Yellow color link
Spring Yellow

#F5E35D

Portica color link
Portica

#F0D555

Maize color link
Maize

#F4D054

#FCDF4E color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#FCDF4E
  • RGB252, 223, 78
  • CMYK0, 11, 68, 1
  • CSSrgb(252, 223, 78)
  • HSL50°, 97%, 65%
  • HSL Precise50°, 96.667%, 64.706%
  • HSV50°, 69%, 99%
  • HSB50°, 69%, 99%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.988
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.875
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.306
  • GLSLvec3(0.988, 0.875, 0.306)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.988, 0.875, 0.306, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.988, 0.875, 0.306)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB98.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB87.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB30.6%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDFCDF4E
  • DECIMAL ID16572238
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited2 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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