Recognised as Colour

#FCE78E

#FCE78E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FCE78E is a yellow with RGB values 252, 231, 142 and HSL 49°, 95%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FCE78E#FCE78E

HEX#FCE78E

RGBrgb(252, 231, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9059, 0.5569

RGB percentages98.8%, 90.6%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(48.5, 94.8%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 43.7%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 8.3%, 43.7%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,574,350

CSS custom property--colour: #FCE78E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.798WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.96:1

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

Contrast with black16.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#031871

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7E387no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDEA91no 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 39.5 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 text16.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.8 Navajo white · ΔE 19.8 Moccasin · ΔE 20.7 Wheat · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.64, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8EA3FC

Analogous#FCB08E, #DAFC8E

Triadic#8EFCE7, #E78EFC

Split complementary#8EDAFC, #B08EFC

Tetradic#8EFCB0, #8EA3FC, #FC8EDA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFCF1

Lighter +10%#FDF2C0

Darker −10%#FBDC5C

Darker −20%#F9D22B

Darker −30%#EBBF06

Darker −40%#B99705

More saturated +25%#FFE98B

Less saturated −25%#EEDE9D

Channel breakdown

R252

G231

B142

Red252 (98.8%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue48.55°

Saturation (HSL)94.83%

Lightness77.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G E7 · B 8E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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