Colour

#FCE302

#FCE302
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FCE302 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 227, 2 and HSL 54°, 98%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FCE302#FCE302

HEX#FCE302

RGBrgb(252, 227, 2)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.8902, 0.0078

RGB percentages98.8%, 89%, 0.8%

HSLhsl(54, 98.4%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54, 99.2%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 99.2%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,573,186

CSS custom property--colour: #FCE302;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75638WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.13:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#031CFD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FADC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE629no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD1C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 8 Yellow · ΔE 15.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.7 Orange · ΔE 37.6 Yellow green · ΔE 38.7 Khaki · ΔE 43.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.96, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#021BFC

Analogous#FC6602, #98FC02

Triadic#02FCE3, #E302FC

Split complementary#0298FC, #6602FC

Tetradic#02FC66, #021BFC, #FC0298

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF9CB

Lighter +30%#FEF499

Lighter +20%#FEEF66

Lighter +10%#FDE934

Darker −10%#C9B502

Darker −20%#978801

Darker −30%#645A01

Darker −40%#322D00

More saturated +25%#FEE500

Less saturated −25%#DCCA22

Channel breakdown

R252

G227

Red252 (98.8%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue2 (0.8%)

Hue54°

Saturation (HSL)98.43%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G E3 · B 02

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Colour values

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