Colour

#FCD700

#FCD700
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FCD700 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 215, 0 and HSL 51°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FCD700#FCD700

HEX#FCD700

RGBrgb(252, 215, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.8431, 0

RGB percentages98.8%, 84.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(51.2, 100%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 100%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 14.7%, 100%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,570,112

CSS custom property--colour: #FCD700;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.86:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#0328FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFD200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8DE24no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC5B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 1.3 Yellow · ΔE 22.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.7 Orange · ΔE 30.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 38.8 Yellow green · ΔE 41.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 1.35, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0025FC

Analogous#FC5900, #A3FC00

Triadic#00FCD7, #D700FC

Split complementary#00A3FC, #5900FC

Tetradic#00FC59, #0025FC, #FC00A3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF7C9

Lighter +30%#FFF096

Lighter +20%#FFE863

Lighter +10%#FFE130

Darker −10%#C9AB00

Darker −20%#968000

Darker −30%#635400

Darker −40%#302900

More saturated +25%#FCD700

Less saturated −25%#DDC120

Channel breakdown

R252

G215

Red252 (98.8%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue51.19°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G D7 · B 00

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