Palettes / Colors / #FECC07

#FECC07 — Vivid Yellow

#FECC07 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 #FECC07 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.

#FECC07 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 #0638FE; it also sits naturally between #FE5106 and #B4FE06. 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 100% · Green 80% · Blue 3%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 97% · Key 0%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FECC07

.text { color: #FECC07; }
.background { background-color: #FECC07; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FECC07; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 204, 7); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 99%, 51%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FECC07; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 204, 7, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FECC07; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 204, 7, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FECC07">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FECC07">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FECC07

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Tones of #FECC07

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0638FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FECC07: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FECC07

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 #FECC07 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 #FECC07 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

← #FECC06  ·  #FECC08 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FECC07?

#FECC07 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 204, 7). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FECC07?

#FECC07 is RGB 254, 204, 7 — HSL 48°, 99%, 51% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 97%, 0%.

What colors go with #FECC07?

Its complement is #0638FE; analogous partners are #FE5106 and #B4FE06. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FECC07 for text?

Black text on #FECC07 has a contrast ratio of 13.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.52:1.