Recognised as Colour

#FCEAAB

#FCEAAB
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FCEAAB is a yellow with RGB values 252, 234, 171 and HSL 47°, 93%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FCEAAB#FCEAAB

HEX#FCEAAB

RGBrgb(252, 234, 171)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9176, 0.6706

RGB percentages98.8%, 91.8%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(46.7, 93.1%, 82.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.7, 32.1%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 32.1%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,575,147

CSS custom property--colour: #FCEAAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82481WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.5:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#031554

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7E7A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

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

Tritanopia#FFE1D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.1 Moccasin · ΔE 8.5 Navajo white · ΔE 9.2 Wheat · ΔE 10.5 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.9 Khaki · ΔE 13.8

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.05, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ABBDFC

Analogous#FCC1AB, #E6FCAB

Triadic#ABFCEA, #EAABFC

Split complementary#ABE6FC, #C1ABFC

Tetradic#ABFCC1, #ABBDFC, #FCABE6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEF6DC

Darker −10%#FADE7A

Darker −20%#F8D149

Darker −30%#F7C517

Darker −40%#D3A608

More saturated +25%#FFECA8

Less saturated −25%#F1E4B6

Channel breakdown

R252

G234

B171

Red252 (98.8%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue46.67°

Saturation (HSL)93.1%

Lightness82.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G EA · B AB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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