Recognised as Colour

#FCD001

#FCD001
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FCD001 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 208, 1 and HSL 49°, 99%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FCD001#FCD001

HEX#FCD001

RGBrgb(252, 208, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.8157, 0.0039

RGB percentages98.8%, 81.6%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(49.5, 99.2%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 99.6%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 17.5%, 99.6%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,568,321

CSS custom property--colour: #FCD001;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.16:1

Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#032FFE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9CD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3D922no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFBDB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 3.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.3 Orange · ΔE 26.4 Yellow · ΔE 26.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 35.6 Dark orange · ΔE 40.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 3.47, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#012DFC

Analogous#FC5301, #AAFC01

Triadic#01FCD0, #D001FC

Split complementary#01AAFC, #5301FC

Tetradic#01FC53, #012DFC, #FC01AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFF6CA

Lighter +30%#FFED97

Lighter +20%#FEE365

Lighter +10%#FEDA32

Darker −10%#C9A601

Darker −20%#967C01

Darker −30%#645200

Darker −40%#312800

More saturated +25%#FDD100

Less saturated −25%#DCBB21

Channel breakdown

R252

G208

Red252 (98.8%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue49.48°

Saturation (HSL)99.21%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G D0 · B 01

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Colour values

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