Recognised as Colour

#FCED89

#FCED89
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FCED89 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 237, 137 and HSL 52°, 95%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FCED89#FCED89

HEX#FCED89

RGBrgb(252, 237, 137)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9294, 0.5373

RGB percentages98.8%, 92.9%, 53.7%

HSLhsl(52.2, 95%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 45.6%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 45.6%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,575,881

CSS custom property--colour: #FCED89;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.61:1

Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#031276

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEE781no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEE8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.4 Navajo white · ΔE 25.3 Moccasin · ΔE 25.9 Wheat · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.81, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8998FC

Analogous#FCB389, #D2FC89

Triadic#89FCED, #ED89FC

Split complementary#89D2FC, #B389FC

Tetradic#89FCB3, #8998FC, #FC89D2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFCEC

Lighter +10%#FDF5BB

Darker −10%#FBE557

Darker −20%#F9DE26

Darker −30%#E6C906

Darker −40%#B49D05

More saturated +25%#FFEF86

Less saturated −25%#EDE298

Channel breakdown

R252

G237

B137

Red252 (98.8%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue137 (53.7%)

Hue52.17°

Saturation (HSL)95.04%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G ED · B 89

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