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#fccf25

a balanced, electric yellow · warm · closest name: Gold

Token name suggestion: Studio Brass

RGB
252, 207, 37
HSL
47°, 97%, 57%
CMYK
0, 18, 85, 1
Luminance
0.6545

#fccf25 is a balanced electric yellow, 47° on the wheel and 14/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.09:1). As text it scores 1.49:1 on white — use #907202 instead. Nearest name is Gold, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(47 97% 57%)rgb(252 207 37)Base step 500AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fccf25 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fccf25
Hue
47°
yellow
Saturation
97%
electric
Lightness
57%
balanced
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
83%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6545
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
14/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
14.09:1
Closest name
Gold
ΔE2000 2.7
Chroma
80.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.869
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 7.2
Web-safe
#FFCC33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue47° of 360°
Saturation97%
Lightness57%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fccf25.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool14% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red32%
Green68%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#fccf25
HEX (8-digit)#fccf25ff
RGBrgb(252, 207, 37)
RGBArgba(252, 207, 37, 1)
HSLhsl(47, 97%, 57%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47, 85%, 99%)
HWBhwb(47 15% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18%, 85%, 1%)
LABlab(84.7 1.3 80.3)
LCHlch(84.7 80.3 89.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.869 0.171 92.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(62.80, 65.46, 11.08)
Decimal16568101
Display P3color(display-p3 0.988 0.812 0.145)
Web-safe#FFCC33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fccf25;
background-color: #fccf25;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fccf25;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fccf25] bg-[#fccf25]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fccf25;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.988, green: 0.812, blue: 0.145)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.988, green: 0.812, blue: 0.145, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FCCF25</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFCCF25)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFCCF25)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(37, 207, 252)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(252, 207, 37)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(252, 207, 37)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 252, 207, 37)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9882f, 0.8118f, 0.1451f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{252,207,37}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fccf25 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fccf25 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7E6402, #EEE8D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fccf25 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FDFBF1;
  --brand-100: #FCF7E4;
  --brand-200: #FBEFC1;
  --brand-300: #FDE790;
  --brand-400: #FDDA59;
  --brand-500: #fccf25;
  --brand-600: #F1BF03;
  --brand-700: #C9A003;
  --brand-800: #A18002;
  --brand-900: #745D06;
  --brand-950: #483A04;
  --brand: #fccf25;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF9F4;
  --brand-border: #EDE3C0;
  --brand-hover: #FAC603;
  --brand-pressed: #D7AA03;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242114;
    --brand-ink: #EEE8D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDFBF1',
        100: '#FCF7E4',
        200: '#FBEFC1',
        300: '#FDE790',
        400: '#FDDA59',
        500: '#fccf25',
        600: '#F1BF03',
        700: '#C9A003',
        800: '#A18002',
        900: '#745D06',
        950: '#483A04',
        DEFAULT: '#fccf25',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDFBF1,
  '100': #FCF7E4,
  '200': #FBEFC1,
  '300': #FDE790,
  '400': #FDDA59,
  '500': #fccf25,
  '600': #F1BF03,
  '700': #C9A003,
  '800': #A18002,
  '900': #745D06,
  '950': #483A04,
);
$brand-base: #fccf25;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDFBF1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FCF7E4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#FBEFC1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FDE790", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#FDDA59", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#fccf25", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#F1BF03", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C9A003", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#A18002", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#745D06", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#483A04", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #fccf25 · 14.09:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.49:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.09:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #fccf25 as text scores 1.49:1 on white and 14.09:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7E6402 at 3.80:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#907202 · 4.57:1
AA on white−28% L
#907202
The quick fox
#685301 · 7.43:1
AAA on white−36% L
#685301
The quick fox
#fccf25 · 14.09:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fccf25
The quick fox
#fccf25 · 14.09:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#fccf25

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #B48E02 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#fccf25 on white: 1.49:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fccf25 on black: 14.09:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fccf25 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fccf25.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.49:1AaAa
Slate 501.42:1AaAa
Slate 1001.36:1AaAa
Slate 2001.21:1AaAa
Slate 3001.00:1AaAa
Slate 4001.72:1AaAa
Slate 5003.19:1AaAa
Slate 6005.08:1AaAa
Slate 7006.95:1AaAa
Slate 8009.82:1AaAa
Slate 90011.98:1AaAa
Black14.09:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E7CC00
deuteranopia · #F2D933
tritanopia · #FFBDB1

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #fccf25 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDFBF1
#FCF7E4
#FBEFC1
#FDE790
#FDDA59
#fccf25
#F1BF03
#C9A003
#A18002
#745D06
#483A04
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FDFBF1Darkest = 950 · #483A04Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.043 92.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.068 92.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.102 92.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.133 92.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.157 92.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.171 92.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.171 92.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.161 92.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.143 92.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.120 92.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.094 92.1);
}

Colors that work with #fccf25

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF9F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDE3C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B8A4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#2288FF
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7E6402
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FFF9E6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242114
Dark-mode background
Hover#FAC603
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D7AA03
Two steps down
Disabled#D5D0BD
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FFD537
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #fccf25

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #7E6402
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #B48E02

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight43/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#2552FC
Analogous left#FC6325
Analogous right#BEFC25
Split-complement 1#25BEFC
Split-complement 2#6325FC
Triadic 1#25FCCF
Triadic 2#CF25FC
Tetradic#25FC63
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°47°

#fccf25 sits at 47°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red98.8%
Green81.2%
Blue14.5%
R · 0–255
252
0xfc
G · 0–255
207
0xcf
B · 0–255
37
0x25

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta17.9%
Yellow85.3%
Key (black)1.2%

Total ink coverage is 104%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#fccf25 text on a black background

contrast 14.09:1

Card sample

#fccf25 text on a white background

contrast 1.49:1

Card sample

#fccf25 on grey

1.36:1

#fccf25 on its own surface

1.41:1

#fccf25 on its dark surface

10.82:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fccf25;
Background color
Panel with #fccf25 background
background-color: #fccf25;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fccf25;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(252, 207, 37, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(252, 207, 37, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fccf25;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fccf25, #9AFC25);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fccf25, #64FC25);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fccf25;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fccf25;
caret-color: #fccf25;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fccf25;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FFF9E6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fccf25;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fccf25 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fccf25 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(252, 207, 37, 0.5)
rgb(252 207 37 / 50%)
#fccf2580
hsl(47 97% 57% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fccf25 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fccf251a#FFFAE9
20%#fccf2533#FEF5D3
40%#fccf2566#FEECA8
60%#fccf2599#FDE27C
80%#fccf25cc#FDD951

Gradients from #fccf25

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FDDC62, #fccf25 45%, #7E6402);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fccf25, #77FC07);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fccf25, #2552FC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FDE380 0%, #fccf25 45%, #7E6402 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF9F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FD7A57 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #B7FC43 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7E6402 0%, transparent 65%), #fccf25;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fccf25

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#fccf25 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 14.09:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#fccf25, answered

What color is #fccf25?

#fccf25 is a balanced electric yellow, closest to Gold (ΔE2000 2.7). It sits at 47° on the hue wheel with 97% saturation and 57% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fccf25?

rgb(252, 207, 37) — 252 red, 207 green and 37 blue out of 255, or 98.8% / 81.2% / 14.5% by channel.

What is #fccf25 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(47, 97%, 57%) and hsv(47, 85%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fccf25 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6545 and perceived brightness is 83%, so black text on it reaches 14.09:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fccf25?

Black. It scores 14.09:1 against #fccf25, versus 1.49:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #fccf25 accessible on a white background?

#fccf25 on white scores 1.49:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #907202 to reach 4.5:1, or #685301 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fccf25?

#2552FC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #25BEFC and #6325FC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fccf25?

For interface work: #FAF9F4 as the surface, #EDE3C0 for borders, #9B8A4B for secondary text, #2288FF as an accent and #7E6402 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FC6325 and #BEFC25 stays calm, while #2552FC is the loudest partner.

What is #fccf25 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 18%, 85%, 1%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #fccf25 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 14 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FCA625; nudged cooler, #DCFE23.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fccf25?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 7.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fccf25 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fccf25 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fccf25] or text-[#fccf25], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #fccf25 with 50% opacity?

rgba(252, 207, 37, 0.5), or #fccf2580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FEE792; over black, #7E6813.

Is #fccf25 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCC33, ΔE2000 2.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #fccf25 mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #fccf25?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FDDC62, #fccf25 45%, #7E6402). For more colour, a short hue run to #77FC07 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fccf25 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fccf25 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.