Colour
#FCE025
- #FCE025
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FCE025 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 224, 37 and HSL 52°, 97%, 57%. 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
#FCE025#FCE025
HEX#FCE025
RGBrgb(252, 224, 37)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.8784, 0.1451
RGB percentages98.8%, 87.8%, 14.5%
HSLhsl(52.2, 97.3%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 85.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 11.1%, 85.3%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,572,453
CSS custom property--colour: #FCE025;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.7414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.83:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#031FDA
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 text15.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#2541FC
Analogous#FC7525, #ACFC25
Triadic#25FCE0, #E025FC
Split complementary#25ADFC, #7425FC
Tetradic#25FC75, #2541FC, #FC25AD
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R252
G224
B37
Red252 (98.8%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue37 (14.5%)
Hue52.19°
Saturation (HSL)97.29%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G E0 · B 25
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