Colour

#FCE787

#FCE787
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FCE787 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 231, 135 and HSL 49°, 95%, 76%. 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

#FCE787#FCE787

HEX#FCE787

RGBrgb(252, 231, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9059, 0.5294

RGB percentages98.8%, 90.6%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(49.2, 95.1%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 46.4%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 8.3%, 46.4%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,574,343

CSS custom property--colour: #FCE787;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79597WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.92:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#031878

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8E27Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEEA8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDAD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.9 Navajo white · ΔE 23.1 Moccasin · ΔE 24 Wheat · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.67, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#879CFC

Analogous#FCAC87, #D6FC87

Triadic#87FCE7, #E787FC

Split complementary#87D6FC, #AD87FC

Tetradic#87FCAC, #879CFC, #FC87D6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFBEB

Lighter +10%#FDF1B9

Darker −10%#FBDD55

Darker −20%#FAD323

Darker −30%#E4BC06

Darker −40%#B39304

More saturated +25%#FFE984

Less saturated −25%#EDDD96

Channel breakdown

R252

G231

B135

Red252 (98.8%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue49.23°

Saturation (HSL)95.12%

Lightness75.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G E7 · B 87

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