Recognised as Colour

#FCDE7C

#FCDE7C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FCDE7C is a yellow with RGB values 252, 222, 124 and HSL 46°, 96%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FCDE7C#FCDE7C

HEX#FCDE7C

RGBrgb(252, 222, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.8706, 0.4863

RGB percentages98.8%, 87.1%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(45.9, 95.5%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.9, 50.8%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 11.9%, 50.8%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,572,028

CSS custom property--colour: #FCDE7C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.88:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#032183

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1DB74no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8E480no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD0C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.3 Navajo white · ΔE 24 Moccasin · ΔE 25.6 Burlywood · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.82, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7C9AFC

Analogous#FC9E7C, #DAFC7C

Triadic#7CFCDE, #DE7CFC

Split complementary#7CDAFC, #9E7CFC

Tetradic#7CFC9E, #7C9AFC, #FC7CDA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEF7E0

Lighter +10%#FDEBAE

Darker −10%#FBD14A

Darker −20%#FAC518

Darker −30%#DAA805

Darker −40%#A88204

More saturated +25%#FFE079

Less saturated −25%#EBD58D

Channel breakdown

R252

G222

B124

Red252 (98.8%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue45.94°

Saturation (HSL)95.52%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G DE · B 7C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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