Maroon Colors  ·  Color Library

Palettes / Colors / #FCCE35

#FCCE35 — Vivid Yellow

#FCCE35 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Gold (#FFD700). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gold (#FFD700) — not an exact match. CSS gold gives you #FFD700, a different color; use #FCCE35 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#FCCE35 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #3664FC; it also sits naturally between #FC6B36 and #C7FC36. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCCE35 · RGB 252, 206, 53

Download PNG swatch SVG

Color values

HEX#FCCE35
RGB252, 206, 53
HSL46°, 97%, 60%
HSV46°, 79%, 99%
CMYK0%, 18%, 79%, 1%
XYZ62.86, 65.10, 12.62
Yxy65.10, 0.4472, 0.4631
CIE-Lab84.53, 2.29, 75.82
Hunter Lab80.68, 2.22, 44.46

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 81% · Blue 21%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 18% · Yellow 79% · Key 1%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #FCCE35 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FCCE35 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FCCE35

.text { color: #FCCE35; }
.background { background-color: #FCCE35; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCCE35; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 206, 53); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(46, 97%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCCE35; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 206, 53, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCCE35; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 206, 53, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCCE35">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCCE35">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCCE35

#FBC618#F6BE04#D8A603#BF9303#A17C02#836502#695102#4B3A01#322701#140F00

Tints of #FCCE35

#FCD34A#FCD659#FDDB6D#FDDF7C#FDE490#FEE9A5#FEEDB4#FEF1C8#FEF5D7#FFFAEB

Tones of #FCCE35

#EEC644#DFBF53#D1B761#C4B06E#B6A87C#A7A18B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3664FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.50:1 Fails
Against black text14.02:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCCE35: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCCE35

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #FCCE35: ·

How #FCCE35 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #E8E85ADeuteranopia · #EBEE63Tritanopia · #FA777E

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Amber 500 · #FFC107Bootstrap warning · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FCCE35 rather than the exact color:

Modern Ruby Ember
#190825 · #2E99FA · #FDCB36 · #48FDAF
Palette Fcc737
#FCC737 · #F26B0F · #E73879 · #7E1891
Palette Ffea54
#FFEA54 · #FFCB3C · #FEAA2B · #FF5757
Palette 006e7f
#006E7F · #F8CB2E · #EE5007 · #B22727
Ruby Solace
#FFCB3D · #5D9253 · #557945 · #F1A344
Palette 155263
#155263 · #FF6F3C · #FF9A3C · #FFC93C

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#FDCB36#FCC737#FFCB3C#F8CB2E#FFCB3D#FFC93C#FFCE3E#FFC436#FCCD2A#FFD23F#FDCA40#FBC42D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCCE34  ·  #FCCE36 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCCE35?

#FCCE35 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 252, 206, 53). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCCE35?

#FCCE35 is RGB 252, 206, 53 — HSL 46°, 97%, 60% — CMYK 0%, 18%, 79%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCCE35?

Its complement is #3664FC; analogous partners are #FC6B36 and #C7FC36. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCCE35 for text?

Black text on #FCCE35 has a contrast ratio of 14.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.50:1.