Colour

#FCE8AC

#FCE8AC
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FCE8AC is a yellow with RGB values 252, 232, 172 and HSL 45°, 93%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FCE8AC#FCE8AC

HEX#FCE8AC

RGBrgb(252, 232, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9098, 0.6745

RGB percentages98.8%, 91%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(45, 93%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45, 31.7%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 31.7%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,574,636

CSS custom property--colour: #FCE8AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.28:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#031753

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5E5A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAECAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDFD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.7 Moccasin · ΔE 6.9 Navajo white · ΔE 7.5 Wheat · ΔE 8.9 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.5 Bisque · ΔE 14.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.68, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ACC0FC

Analogous#FCC0AC, #E8FCAC

Triadic#ACFCE8, #E8ACFC

Split complementary#ACE8FC, #C0ACFC

Tetradic#ACFCC0, #ACC0FC, #FCACE8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEF6DD

Darker −10%#FADA7B

Darker −20%#F8CD4A

Darker −30%#F7BF18

Darker −40%#D4A108

More saturated +25%#FFEAA9

Less saturated −25%#F1E3B7

Channel breakdown

R252

G232

B172

Red252 (98.8%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue45°

Saturation (HSL)93.02%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G E8 · B AC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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