Palettes / Colors / #FCD901

#FCD901 — Vivid Yellow

#FCD901 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 #FCD901 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.

#FCD901 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 #0123FE; it also sits naturally between #FE5E01 and #A1FE01. 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 85% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 14% · Yellow 100% · Key 1%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FCD901

.text { color: #FCD901; }
.background { background-color: #FCD901; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCD901; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 217, 1); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(52, 99%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCD901; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 217, 1, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCD901; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 217, 1, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCD901">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCD901">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCD901

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Tones of #FCD901

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0123FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FCD901: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCD901

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 #FCD901 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 #FCD901 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

← #FCD900  ·  #FCD902 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCD901?

#FCD901 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 252, 217, 1). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCD901?

#FCD901 is RGB 252, 217, 1 — HSL 52°, 99%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 14%, 100%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCD901?

Its complement is #0123FE; analogous partners are #FE5E01 and #A1FE01. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCD901 for text?

Black text on #FCD901 has a contrast ratio of 15.06:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.39:1.