Recognised as Colour
#FCE02A
- #FCE02A
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FCE02A is a yellow with RGB values 252, 224, 42 and HSL 52°, 97%, 58%. 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
#FCE02A#FCE02A
HEX#FCE02A
RGBrgb(252, 224, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.8784, 0.1647
RGB percentages98.8%, 87.8%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(52, 97.2%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52, 83.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 11.1%, 83.3%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,572,458
CSS custom property--colour: #FCE02A;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.74174WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.5 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#D9D9D9
Inverted#031FD5
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#2A46FC
Analogous#FC772A, #AFFC2A
Triadic#2AFCE0, #E02AFC
Split complementary#2AAFFC, #772AFC
Tetradic#2AFC77, #2A46FC, #FC2AAF
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R252
G224
B42
Red252 (98.8%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue52°
Saturation (HSL)97.22%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G E0 · B 2A
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