Palettes / Colors / #FCD303

#FCD303 — Vivid Yellow

#FCD303 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 #FCD303 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.

#FCD303 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 #032CFC; it also sits naturally between #FC5603 and #A9FC03. 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 83% · Blue 1%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 16% · Yellow 99% · Key 1%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FCD303

.text { color: #FCD303; }
.background { background-color: #FCD303; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCD303; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 211, 3); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(50, 98%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCD303; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 211, 3, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCD303; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 211, 3, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCD303">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCD303">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCD303

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Tones of #FCD303

Color harmonies

Complementary — #032CFC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FCD303: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCD303

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 #FCD303 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 #FCD303 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

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCD303?

#FCD303 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 252, 211, 3). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCD303?

#FCD303 is RGB 252, 211, 3 — HSL 50°, 98%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 16%, 99%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCD303?

Its complement is #032CFC; analogous partners are #FC5603 and #A9FC03. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCD303 for text?

Black text on #FCD303 has a contrast ratio of 14.46:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.45:1.