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#FEDC01 — Vivid Yellow

#FEDC01 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Gold (#FFD700). It belongs to the yellow family.

#FEDC01 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.

#FEDC01 · RGB 254, 220, 1

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Color values

HEX#FEDC01
RGB254, 220, 1
HSL52°, 99%, 50%
HSV52°, 100%, 100%
CMYK0%, 13%, 100%, 0%
XYZ66.47, 72.26, 10.47
Yxy72.26, 0.4455, 0.4843
CIE-Lab88.09, -4.86, 87.84
Hunter Lab85.01, -4.71, 49.40

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 86% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 100% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEDC01 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEDC01 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEDC01

.text { color: #FEDC01; }
.background { background-color: #FEDC01; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEDC01; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 220, 1); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(52, 99%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEDC01; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 220, 1, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEDC01; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 220, 1, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEDC01">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEDC01">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEDC01

#E4C601#D0B401#B79E01#A28D01#897701#706101#5B4F00#423900#2E2800#141200

Tints of #FEDC01

#FEE01B#FEE22F#FEE648#FEE95D#FEEC76#FEF08F#FFF2A4#FFF6BD#FFF9D1#FFFCEB

Tones of #FEDC01

#ECCF13#DAC225#C8B537#B5A74A#A39A5C#918D6E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0123FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.36:1 Fails
Against black text15.45:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEDC01: #000000.

How #FEDC01 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EFEF36Deuteranopia · #F1F443Tritanopia · #FC6069

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 #FEDC01 rather than the exact color:

Palette 26355d
#26355D · #AF47D2 · #FF8F00 · #FFDB00
Palette Fffbe0
#FFFBE0 · #FCDA05 · #393E46 · #222831
Palette Ff9b00
#FF9B00 · #FFE100 · #FFC900 · #EBE389
Palette 00809d
#00809D · #FCF8DD · #FFD700 · #D3AF37
Palette 6900ff
#6900FF · #9951FF · #FFD700 · #FAF7FF
Palette Ff0052
#FF0052 · #FFD400 · #00C68D · #0055DA

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEDC00  ·  #FEDC02 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEDC01?

#FEDC01 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 220, 1). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEDC01?

#FEDC01 is RGB 254, 220, 1 — HSL 52°, 99%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 13%, 100%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEDC01?

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

Can I use #FEDC01 for text?

Black text on #FEDC01 has a contrast ratio of 15.45:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.36:1.