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#FCDA03 — Vivid Yellow

#FCDA03 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 #FCDA03 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.

#FCDA03 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 #0324FC; it also sits naturally between #FC5E03 and #A1FC03. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCDA03 · RGB 252, 218, 3

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Color values

HEX#FCDA03
RGB252, 218, 3
HSL52°, 98%, 50%
HSV52°, 99%, 99%
CMYK0%, 13%, 99%, 1%
XYZ65.23, 70.84, 10.32
Yxy70.84, 0.4456, 0.4839
CIE-Lab87.41, -4.69, 87.10
Hunter Lab84.17, -4.53, 48.88

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 85% · Blue 1%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 99% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FCDA03 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FCDA03 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FCDA03

.text { color: #FCDA03; }
.background { background-color: #FCDA03; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCDA03; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 218, 3); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(52, 98%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCDA03; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 218, 3, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCDA03; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 218, 3, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCDA03">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCDA03">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCDA03

#E3C502#CFB402#B69E02#A28C02#887601#6F6001#5B4F01#423901#2D2700#141200

Tints of #FCDA03

#FDDF1C#FDE230#FDE549#FDE85D#FEEC77#FEEF90#FEF2A4#FEF6BD#FFF9D2#FFFCEB

Tones of #FCDA03

#EBCE14#D9C126#C7B438#B5A74A#A39A5C#918D6E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0324FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.38:1 Fails
Against black text15.17:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCDA03: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCDA03

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 #FCDA03: ·

How #FCDA03 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDED37Deuteranopia · #EFF243Tritanopia · #FA6069

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 Amber 500 · #FFC107Bootstrap warning · #FFC107Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FCDA03 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fffbe0
#FFFBE0 · #FCDA05 · #393E46 · #222831
Palette 26355d
#26355D · #AF47D2 · #FF8F00 · #FFDB00
Palette 00809d
#00809D · #FCF8DD · #FFD700 · #D3AF37
Palette 6900ff
#6900FF · #9951FF · #FFD700 · #FAF7FF
Palette Ff0052
#FF0052 · #FFD400 · #00C68D · #0055DA
Palette Ffd400
#FFD400 · #FFC300 · #FF8C00 · #FF5F00

Similar colors

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

#FCDA05#FFDB00#FFD700#FFD400#FFE100#F9E400#FFCF00#FCE700#FFE700#FFCC00#FFC900#FFEB00

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCDA02  ·  #FCDA04 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCDA03?

#FCDA03 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 252, 218, 3). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCDA03?

#FCDA03 is RGB 252, 218, 3 — HSL 52°, 98%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 13%, 99%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCDA03?

Its complement is #0324FC; analogous partners are #FC5E03 and #A1FC03. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCDA03 for text?

Black text on #FCDA03 has a contrast ratio of 15.17:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.38:1.