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#FDCA30 — Vivid Yellow

#FDCA30 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 #FDCA30 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.

#FDCA30 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 #3063FD; it also sits naturally between #FD6330 and #CAFD30. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FDCA30 · RGB 253, 202, 48

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Color values

HEX#FDCA30
RGB253, 202, 48
HSL45°, 98%, 59%
HSV45°, 81%, 99%
CMYK0%, 20%, 81%, 1%
XYZ62.16, 63.34, 11.75
Yxy63.34, 0.4529, 0.4615
CIE-Lab83.62, 4.62, 76.55
Hunter Lab79.58, 4.47, 44.27

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 79% · Blue 19%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 81% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FDCA30 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FDCA30 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FDCA30

.text { color: #FDCA30; }
.background { background-color: #FDCA30; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDCA30; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 202, 48); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(45, 98%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDCA30; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 202, 48, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDCA30; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 202, 48, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FDCA30">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FDCA30">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FDCA30

#FDC317#F2B602#D9A302#BB8D02#A27A02#836301#6A5001#4C3901#322601#140F00

Tints of #FDCA30

#FDCF44#FDD353#FDD868#FEDD7C#FEE290#FEE69F#FEEBB3#FEF1C7#FFF5D7#FFFAEB

Tones of #FDCA30

#EEC23F#E0BB4D#D1B45C#C2AC6B#B4A579#A59E88

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3063FD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.54:1 Fails
Against black text13.67:1 AAA

Best text color on #FDCA30: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FDCA30

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 #FDCA30: ·

How #FDCA30 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E655Deuteranopia · #EAEE5ETritanopia · #FA7379

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 Amber 500 · #FFC107Bootstrap warning · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FDCA30 rather than the exact color:

Palette 006e7f
#006E7F · #F8CB2E · #EE5007 · #B22727
Modern Ruby Ember
#190825 · #2E99FA · #FDCB36 · #48FDAF
Palette 347928
#347928 · #C0EBA6 · #FFFBE6 · #FCCD2A
Modern Ruby Twilight
#091621 · #FBC42D · #F84C64 · #F99A3F
Palette Fcc737
#FCC737 · #F26B0F · #E73879 · #7E1891
Palette 0c356a
#0C356A · #0174BE · #FFC436 · #FFF0CE

Similar colors

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

#F8CB2E#FDCB36#FCCD2A#FBC42D#FCC737#FFC436#FBC02D#FFC93C#FFCB3C#FFCB3D#FFCE3E#F9C224

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FDCA2F  ·  #FDCA31 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDCA30?

#FDCA30 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 253, 202, 48). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDCA30?

#FDCA30 is RGB 253, 202, 48 — HSL 45°, 98%, 59% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 81%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDCA30?

Its complement is #3063FD; analogous partners are #FD6330 and #CAFD30. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDCA30 for text?

Black text on #FDCA30 has a contrast ratio of 13.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.54:1.