Recognised as Colour
#FCE01E
- #FCE01E
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FCE01E is a yellow with RGB values 252, 224, 30 and HSL 52°, 97%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FCE01E#FCE01E
HEX#FCE01E
RGBrgb(252, 224, 30)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.8784, 0.1176
RGB percentages98.8%, 87.8%, 11.8%
HSLhsl(52.4, 97.4%, 55.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 88.1%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 11.1%, 88.1%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,572,446
CSS custom property--colour: #FCE01E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.741WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.82:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#031FE1
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#1E3AFC
Analogous#FC711E, #A9FC1E
Triadic#1EFCE0, #E01EFC
Split complementary#1EA9FC, #711EFC
Tetradic#1EFC71, #1E3AFC, #FC1EA9
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R252
G224
B30
Red252 (98.8%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue30 (11.8%)
Hue52.43°
Saturation (HSL)97.37%
Lightness55.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G E0 · B 1E
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