Information about #FCE74A color

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Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #FCE74A belongs to the Yellow Color Family, featuring Full Saturation and Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(252, 231, 74) — 98.8% red, 90.6% green, 29% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 8 / 70 / 1. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#FCE74A is a maximally vivid golden yellow that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Paris Daisy (#FBEB50). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Gargoyle Gas (#FFDF46) and Holiday (#F5EB4F).

In RGB terms — rgb(252, 231, 74) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #FCE74A background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 16.7:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.3:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#FCE74A color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#FCE74A color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#FCE74A color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#FCE74A color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#FCE74A color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#FCE74A color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #FCE74A

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Paris Daisy color link
Paris Daisy

#FBEB50

Gargoyle Gas color link
Gargoyle Gas

#FFDF46

Holiday color link
Holiday

#F5EB4F

Minion Yellow color link
Minion Yellow

#F5E050

Lemon Yellow color link
Lemon Yellow

#FFF44F

Mustard color link
Mustard

#FFDB58

Energy Yellow color link
Energy Yellow

#F5D752

Off Yellow color link
Off Yellow

#F1F33F

Corn color link
Corn

#FBEC5D

Wild Thing color link
Wild Thing

#FAD443

Gorse color link
Gorse

#FDE336

Spring Yellow color link
Spring Yellow

#F5E35D

#FCE74A color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#FCE74A
  • RGB252, 231, 74
  • CMYK0, 8, 70, 1
  • CSSrgb(252, 231, 74)
  • HSL53°, 97%, 64%
  • HSL Precise52.921°, 96.739%, 63.922%
  • HSV53°, 71%, 99%
  • HSB53°, 71%, 99%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.988
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.906
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.290
  • GLSLvec3(0.988, 0.906, 0.290)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.988, 0.906, 0.290, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.988, 0.906, 0.290)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB98.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB90.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB29%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDFCE74A
  • DECIMAL ID16574282
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers28 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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