Colour
#FCD52F
- #FCD52F
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FCD52F is a yellow with RGB values 252, 213, 47 and HSL 49°, 97%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FCD52F#FCD52F
HEX#FCD52F
RGBrgb(252, 213, 47)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.8353, 0.1843
RGB percentages98.8%, 83.5%, 18.4%
HSLhsl(48.6, 97.2%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 81.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 15.5%, 81.3%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,569,647
CSS custom property--colour: #FCD52F;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.68489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.7:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#032AD0
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#2F56FC
Analogous#FC6E2F, #BDFC2F
Triadic#2FFCD5, #D52FFC
Split complementary#2FBDFC, #6E2FFC
Tetradic#2FFC6E, #2F56FC, #FC2FBD
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R252
G213
B47
Red252 (98.8%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue47 (18.4%)
Hue48.59°
Saturation (HSL)97.16%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G D5 · B 2F
Keep nerding
Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.
Nerdulate something else
Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page