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#FDCF62 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FDCF62 is a yellow color we call Light 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 #FDCF62 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.

#FDCF62 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 #6391FD; it also sits naturally between #FD8263 and #DEFD63. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FDCF62 · RGB 253, 207, 98

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Color values

HEX#FDCF62
RGB253, 207, 98
HSL42°, 97%, 69%
HSV42°, 61%, 99%
CMYK0%, 18%, 61%, 1%
XYZ65.03, 66.39, 20.94
Yxy66.39, 0.4268, 0.4358
CIE-Lab85.20, 4.39, 59.03
Hunter Lab81.48, 4.28, 38.80

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 81% · Blue 38%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 18% · Yellow 61% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FDCF62 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FDCF62 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FDCF62

.text { color: #FDCF62; }
.background { background-color: #FDCF62; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDCF62; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 207, 98); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(42, 97%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDCF62; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 207, 98, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDCF62; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 207, 98, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FDCF62">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FDCF62">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FDCF62

#FCC545#FCBA22#FBB104#D89803#BA8303#976A02#795502#553C01#372701#140E00

Tints of #FDCF62

#FDD372#FDD67C#FDDB8B#FDE09B#FEE4AA#FEE8B4#FEECC3#FEF1D2#FEF4DC#FFF9EB

Tones of #FDCF62

#F2CA6E#E6C679#DBC184#D1BD8F#C6B99A#BBB4A5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6391FD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.47:1 Fails
Against black text14.28:1 AAA

Best text color on #FDCF62: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FDCF62

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 #FDCF62: ·

How #FDCF62 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E9E97CDeuteranopia · #ECEF83Tritanopia · #FB9196

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 #FDCF62 rather than the exact color:

Palette 068b78
#068B78 · #9ED79A · #F2FF97 · #FFCF5E
Palette 77bef0
#77BEF0 · #FFCB61 · #FF894F · #EA5B6F
Rustic Ruby
#FF7F50 · #FFD166 · #06D6A0 · #118AB2
Palette 432f44
#432F44 · #EA5455 · #A7425C · #FFD460
Palette 5a9cb5
#5A9CB5 · #FACE68 · #FAAC68 · #FA6868
Palette 282f44
#282F44 · #E6AF2E · #F5D061 · #ECECEC

Similar colors

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

#FFCF5E#FFCB61#FFD166#FFD460#FACE68#F5D061#FED16A#FFD369#FFD16A#FFC764#FFD35A#FFC85C

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FDCF61  ·  #FDCF63 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDCF62?

#FDCF62 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 253, 207, 98). Its closest standard named color is SandyBrown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDCF62?

#FDCF62 is RGB 253, 207, 98 — HSL 42°, 97%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 18%, 61%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDCF62?

Its complement is #6391FD; analogous partners are #FD8263 and #DEFD63. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDCF62 for text?

Black text on #FDCF62 has a contrast ratio of 14.28:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.47:1.