Recognised as Colour

#FCE77C

#FCE77C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FCE77C is a yellow with RGB values 252, 231, 124 and HSL 50°, 96%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FCE77C#FCE77C

HEX#FCE77C

RGBrgb(252, 231, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9059, 0.4863

RGB percentages98.8%, 90.6%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(50.2, 95.5%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 50.8%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 8.3%, 50.8%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,574,332

CSS custom property--colour: #FCE77C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.86:1

Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#031883

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9E272no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEA81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD9CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.5 Navajo white · ΔE 28.1 Moccasin · ΔE 29.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.66, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7C91FC

Analogous#FCA77C, #D1FC7C

Triadic#7CFCE7, #E77CFC

Split complementary#7CD1FC, #A77CFC

Tetradic#7CFCA7, #7C91FC, #FC7CD1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEF9E0

Lighter +10%#FDF0AE

Darker −10%#FBDE4A

Darker −20%#FAD518

Darker −30%#DAB705

Darker −40%#A88D04

More saturated +25%#FFE979

Less saturated −25%#EBDC8D

Channel breakdown

R252

G231

B124

Red252 (98.8%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue50.16°

Saturation (HSL)95.52%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G E7 · B 7C

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FCe77C (chemical formula)

Formula
10,820.249 g/mol
79 atoms

FCe77C has a molar mass of 10,820.249 g/mol, made up of 79 atoms across 3 elements: 1 × F, 77 × Ce, 1 × C.

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Molar mass

Molar mass10,820.249 g/mol

Total atoms per molecule79

Distinct elements3

Mass of one molecule1.7967446 × 10^-20 g

Molecules per gram5.5656212 × 10^19

Name

NameNot in the name tablea name cannot be worked out from a formula alone: isomers share formulas, and naming depends on bonding the formula does not show

Composition by mass

F0.2%

Ce99.7%

C0.1%

Fluorine (F)18.998 g/mol, 0.176%

Cerium (Ce × 77)10,789.24 g/mol, 99.713%

Carbon (C)12.011 g/mol, 0.111%

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