Recognised as Colour

#FCDA02

#FCDA02
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FCDA02 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 218, 2 and HSL 52°, 98%, 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

#FCDA02#FCDA02

HEX#FCDA02

RGBrgb(252, 218, 2)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.8549, 0.0078

RGB percentages98.8%, 85.5%, 0.8%

HSLhsl(51.8, 98.4%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 99.2%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 13.5%, 99.2%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,570,882

CSS custom property--colour: #FCDA02;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70843WCAG 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#0325FD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2D500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE026no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 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 40.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 2.81, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0224FC

Analogous#FC5D02, #A1FC02

Triadic#02FCDA, #DA02FC

Split complementary#02A1FC, #5D02FC

Tetradic#02FC5D, #0224FC, #FC02A1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF8CB

Lighter +30%#FEF099

Lighter +20%#FEE966

Lighter +10%#FDE234

Darker −10%#C9AE02

Darker −20%#978201

Darker −30%#645701

Darker −40%#322B00

More saturated +25%#FEDB00

Less saturated −25%#DCC322

Channel breakdown

R252

G218

Red252 (98.8%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue2 (0.8%)

Hue51.84°

Saturation (HSL)98.43%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G DA · B 02

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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