#fcaf00
a balanced, electric yellow · warm · closest name: orange
RGB
252, 175, 0
HSL
42°, 100%, 49%
CMYK
0, 31, 100, 1
Luminance
0.5136
Every format
| HEX | #fcaf00 |
| RGB | rgb(252, 175, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 100%, 49%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31%, 100%, 1%) |
| LAB | lab(76.9 17.4 80.1) |
| LCH | lch(76.9 82.0 77.7) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.807 0.169 77.0) |
Copy-ready code
/* CSS */
color: #fcaf00;
background-color: #fcaf00;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fcaf00] bg-[#fcaf00]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fcaf00;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.988, green: 0.686, blue: 0.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#fcaf00")Accessibility — WCAG contrast
Aa
#fcaf00 on white: 1.86:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large ✗ · AAA ✗
Aa
#fcaf00 on black: 11.27:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✓
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
RGB percentages
Red98.8%
Green68.6%
Blue0.0%
CMYK percentages
Cyan0.0%
Magenta30.6%
Yellow100.0%
Key (black)1.2%
Color previews
#fcaf00 text on a black background
contrast 11.27:1
Card sample
#fcaf00 text on a white background
contrast 1.86:1
Card sample
CSS3 live lab
Text font color
The quick brown fox
color: #fcaf00;
Background color
Panel with #fcaf00 background
background-color: #fcaf00;
Text shadow — hex
Glowing headline
text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fcaf00;
Text shadow — RGB
Soft neon halo
text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(252, 175, 0, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(252, 175, 0, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fcaf00; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcaf00, #A1FC00);