Palettes / Colors / #FCD138

#FCD138 — Vivid Yellow

#FCD138 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 #FCD138 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.

#FCD138 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 #3661FC; it also sits naturally between #FC6E36 and #C4FC36. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 82% · Blue 22%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 17% · Yellow 78% · Key 1%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FCD138

.text { color: #FCD138; }
.background { background-color: #FCD138; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCD138; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 209, 56); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(47, 97%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCD138; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 209, 56, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCD138; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 209, 56, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCD138">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCD138">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCD138

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Tones of #FCD138

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3661FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FCD138: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCD138

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:

How #FCD138 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FCD138 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCD137  ·  #FCD139 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCD138?

#FCD138 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 252, 209, 56). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCD138?

#FCD138 is RGB 252, 209, 56 — HSL 47°, 97%, 60% — CMYK 0%, 17%, 78%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCD138?

Its complement is #3661FC; analogous partners are #FC6E36 and #C4FC36. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCD138 for text?

Black text on #FCD138 has a contrast ratio of 14.32:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.47:1.