Colour

#FCE78A

#FCE78A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FCE78A is a yellow with RGB values 252, 231, 138 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

#FCE78A#FCE78A

HEX#FCE78A

RGBrgb(252, 231, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9059, 0.5412

RGB percentages98.8%, 90.6%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(48.9, 95%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 45.2%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 8.3%, 45.2%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,574,346

CSS custom property--colour: #FCE78A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.94:1

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

Contrast with black16.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#031875

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8E383no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEEA8Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDBD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.4 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 text16.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.4 Navajo white · ΔE 21.7 Moccasin · ΔE 22.6 Wheat · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.98, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A9FFC

Analogous#FCAE8A, #D8FC8A

Triadic#8AFCE7, #E78AFC

Split complementary#8AD8FC, #AE8AFC

Tetradic#8AFCAE, #8A9FFC, #FC8AD8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFBED

Lighter +10%#FDF1BC

Darker −10%#FBDD58

Darker −20%#F9D327

Darker −30%#E7BE06

Darker −40%#B59505

More saturated +25%#FFE987

Less saturated −25%#EDDE99

Channel breakdown

R252

G231

B138

Red252 (98.8%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue48.95°

Saturation (HSL)95%

Lightness76.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G E7 · B 8A

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