Colour

#FCD95E

#FCD95E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FCD95E is a yellow with RGB values 252, 217, 94 and HSL 47°, 96%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#FCD95E

RGBrgb(252, 217, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.851, 0.3686

RGB percentages98.8%, 85.1%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(46.7, 96.3%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.7, 62.7%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 13.9%, 62.7%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,570,718

CSS custom property--colour: #FCD95E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71129WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.23:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#0326A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EED550no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7E064no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC9BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.2 Gold · ΔE 23.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.5 Orange · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5E81FC

Analogous#FC8A5E, #D0FC5E

Triadic#5EFCD9, #D95EFC

Split complementary#5ED0FC, #8A5EFC

Tetradic#5EFC8A, #5E81FC, #FC5ED0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFCF4

Lighter +20%#FEF1C2

Lighter +10%#FDE590

Darker −10%#FBCD2C

Darker −20%#F0BB04

Darker −30%#BD9404

Darker −40%#8B6D03

More saturated +25%#FFDB5B

Less saturated −25%#E8CE73

Channel breakdown

R252

G217

B94

Red252 (98.8%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue46.71°

Saturation (HSL)96.34%

Lightness67.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G D9 · B 5E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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