Colour

#FCDB06

#FCDB06
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FCDB06 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 219, 6 and HSL 52°, 98%, 51%. 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

#FCDB06#FCDB06

HEX#FCDB06

RGBrgb(252, 219, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.8588, 0.0235

RGB percentages98.8%, 85.9%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(52, 97.6%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 97.6%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 13.1%, 97.6%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,571,142

CSS custom property--colour: #FCDB06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71372WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.27:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#0324F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE027no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC9BBno 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 text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 3.3 Yellow · ΔE 20.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.4 Orange · ΔE 32.8 Yellow green · ΔE 40.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 40.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 3.33, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0627FC

Analogous#FC6006, #A2FC06

Triadic#06FCDB, #DB06FC

Split complementary#06A2FC, #6006FC

Tetradic#06FC60, #0627FC, #FC06A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEF8D0

Lighter +30%#FEF19D

Lighter +20%#FDEA6B

Lighter +10%#FDE238

Darker −10%#CDB102

Darker −20%#9A8602

Darker −30%#685A01

Darker −40%#352E01

More saturated +25%#FFDD03

Less saturated −25%#DDC425

Channel breakdown

R252

G219

Red252 (98.8%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue51.95°

Saturation (HSL)97.62%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G DB · B 06

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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