Recognised as Colour

#FCDA01

#FCDA01
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FCDA01 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 218, 1 and HSL 52°, 99%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FCDA01#FCDA01

HEX#FCDA01

RGBrgb(252, 218, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.8549, 0.0039

RGB percentages98.8%, 85.5%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(51.9, 99.2%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 99.6%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 13.5%, 99.6%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,570,881

CSS custom property--colour: #FCDA01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.17:1

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

Contrast with black15.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#0325FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2D500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE025no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC8BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.1 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 text15.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 2.8 Yellow · ΔE 20.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.1 Orange · ΔE 32.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 40.1 Yellow green · ΔE 40.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 2.82, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0123FC

Analogous#FC5C01, #A0FC01

Triadic#01FCDA, #DA01FC

Split complementary#01A0FC, #5C01FC

Tetradic#01FC5D, #0123FC, #FC01A1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF8CA

Lighter +30%#FFF197

Lighter +20%#FEEA65

Lighter +10%#FEE332

Darker −10%#C9AE01

Darker −20%#968201

Darker −30%#645600

Darker −40%#312A00

More saturated +25%#FDDB00

Less saturated −25%#DCC321

Channel breakdown

R252

G218

Red252 (98.8%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue51.87°

Saturation (HSL)99.21%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G DA · B 01

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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