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#FCD63E — Vivid Yellow

#FCD63E is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color SandyBrown (#F4A460). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: sandybrown (#F4A460) — not an exact match. CSS sandybrown gives you #F4A460, a different color; use #FCD63E 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.

#FCD63E 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 #4066FC; it also sits naturally between #FC7940 and #C4FC40. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCD63E · RGB 252, 214, 62

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Color values

HEX#FCD63E
RGB252, 214, 62
HSL48°, 97%, 62%
HSV48°, 75%, 99%
CMYK0%, 15%, 75%, 1%
XYZ65.06, 69.14, 14.47
Yxy69.14, 0.4376, 0.4650
CIE-Lab86.57, -1.47, 74.78
Hunter Lab83.15, -1.42, 45.02

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 84% · Blue 24%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 15% · Yellow 75% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FCD63E on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FCD63E on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FCD63E

.text { color: #FCD63E; }
.background { background-color: #FCD63E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCD63E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 214, 62); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 97%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCD63E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 214, 62, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCD63E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 214, 62, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCD63E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCD63E">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCD63E

#FCD022#FBCA04#E2B603#C49D03#A68503#886D02#695502#504101#322801#141000

Tints of #FCD63E

#FCDA4F#FDDE63#FDE172#FDE586#FDE996#FEECA5#FEF0B9#FEF3C8#FEF8DC#FFFBEB

Tones of #FCD63E

#EFCE4E#E1C65B#D3BE69#C7B775#B9AE83#ACA691

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4066FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.42:1 Fails
Against black text14.83:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCD63E: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCD63E

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 #FCD63E: ·

How #FCD63E looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECEB63Deuteranopia · #EEF16CTritanopia · #FA8086

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Amber 500 · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FCD63E rather than the exact color:

Palette F6f1e9
#F6F1E9 · #FFD93D · #FF9A00 · #4F200D
Palette F6f1e9
#F6F1E9 · #FFD93D · #FF8400 · #4F200D
Palette 5e1675
#5E1675 · #EE4266 · #FFD23F · #337357
Ruby Voyage
#006199 · #8ACFF8 · #F4EB6C · #FFD444
Palette Fee856
#FEE856 · #FFCE3E · #E65C7B · #834496
Palette Ffde42
#FFDE42 · #4C5C2D · #313E17 · #1B0C0C

Similar colors

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

#FFD93D#FFD23F#FFD444#FFCE3E#FFDE42#F8DD45#F6D146#FFCB3D#FFCB3C#FFDC34#FDCA40#F9CB43

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCD63D  ·  #FCD63F →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCD63E?

#FCD63E is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 252, 214, 62). Its closest standard named color is SandyBrown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCD63E?

#FCD63E is RGB 252, 214, 62 — HSL 48°, 97%, 62% — CMYK 0%, 15%, 75%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCD63E?

Its complement is #4066FC; analogous partners are #FC7940 and #C4FC40. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCD63E for text?

Black text on #FCD63E has a contrast ratio of 14.83:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.42:1.