Information about #FCE478 color

#FCE478 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#FCE478 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(252, 228, 120) — 98.8% red, 89.4% green, 47.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 9 / 52 / 1. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#FCE478 is a pure, full-strength golden yellow that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Sweet Corn (#F9E176). Slightly further away sit Sun Yellow (#FFE87C) and Luminous Yellow (#FEE37F).

In RGB terms — rgb(252, 228, 120) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #FCE478: 16.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.3:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#FCE478 color variations

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

#FCE478 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#FCE478 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#FCE478 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#FCE478 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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#FCE478 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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#A278FC
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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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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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Nearest named colors to #FCE478

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

Sweet Corn color link
Sweet Corn

#F9E176

Sun Yellow color link
Sun Yellow

#FFE87C

Luminous Yellow color link
Luminous Yellow

#FEE37F

Shandy color link
Shandy

#FFE670

Marigold Yellow color link
Marigold Yellow

#FBE870

Jasmine color link
Jasmine

#F8DE7E

Yellow Tan color link
Yellow Tan

#FFE36E

Sandy Yellow color link
Sandy Yellow

#FDEE73

La Luna color link
La Luna

#FFD87A

Witch Haze color link
Witch Haze

#FBF073

Pale Gold color link
Pale Gold

#FDDE6C

Dandelion color link
Dandelion

#FDDB6D

#FCE478 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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#FCE478 color image #FCE478 color solid HD wallpaper 1170x2532 (Mobile)

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#FCE478
  • RGB252, 228, 120
  • CMYK0, 9, 52, 1
  • CSSrgb(252, 228, 120)
  • HSL49°, 96%, 73%
  • HSL Precise49.091°, 95.652%, 72.941%
  • HSV49°, 52%, 99%
  • HSB49°, 52%, 99%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.988
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.894
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.471
  • GLSLvec3(0.988, 0.894, 0.471)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.988, 0.894, 0.471, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.988, 0.894, 0.471)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB98.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB89.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB47.1%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDFCE478
  • DECIMAL ID16573560
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers29 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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