Recognised as Colour
#FCDD4F
- #FCDD4F
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FCDD4F is a yellow with RGB values 252, 221, 79 and HSL 49°, 97%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FCDD4F#FCDD4F
HEX#FCDD4F
RGBrgb(252, 221, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.8667, 0.3098
RGB percentages98.8%, 86.7%, 31%
HSLhsl(49.2, 96.6%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 68.7%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 12.3%, 68.7%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,571,727
CSS custom property--colour: #FCDD4F;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.72973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.59:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#0322B0
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#4F6EFC
Analogous#FC874F, #C4FC4F
Triadic#4FFCDD, #DD4FFC
Split complementary#4FC4FC, #864FFC
Tetradic#4FFC87, #4F6EFC, #FC4FC5
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R252
G221
B79
Red252 (98.8%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue49.25°
Saturation (HSL)96.65%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G DD · B 4F
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