Recognised as Colour
#FCDA4E
- #FCDA4E
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FCDA4E is a yellow with RGB values 252, 218, 78 and HSL 48°, 97%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FCDA4E#FCDA4E
HEX#FCDA4E
RGBrgb(252, 218, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.8549, 0.3059
RGB percentages98.8%, 85.5%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(48.3, 96.7%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 69%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 13.5%, 69%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,570,958
CSS custom property--colour: #FCDA4E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.71388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.28:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#0325B1
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#4E70FC
Analogous#FC834E, #C7FC4E
Triadic#4EFCDA, #DA4EFC
Split complementary#4EC7FC, #834EFC
Tetradic#4EFC83, #4E70FC, #FC4EC7
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R252
G218
B78
Red252 (98.8%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue48.28°
Saturation (HSL)96.67%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G DA · B 4E
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