Recognised as Colour

#FCEE03

#FCEE03
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FCEE03 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 238, 3 and HSL 57°, 98%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FCEE03#FCEE03

HEX#FCEE03

RGBrgb(252, 238, 3)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9333, 0.0118

RGB percentages98.8%, 93.3%, 1.2%

HSLhsl(56.6, 97.6%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.6, 98.8%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 98.8%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,576,003

CSS custom property--colour: #FCEE03;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.37:1

Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#0311FC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFED2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDDCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 9.1 Gold · ΔE 14.3 Yellow green · ΔE 37.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 38.6 Green yellow · ΔE 38.9 Orange · ΔE 44

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 9.14, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0311FC

Analogous#FC7203, #8EFC03

Triadic#03FCEE, #EE03FC

Split complementary#038DFC, #7203FC

Tetradic#03FC72, #0311FC, #FC038D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFCCD

Lighter +30%#FEF89A

Lighter +20%#FDF568

Lighter +10%#FDF135

Darker −10%#CABE02

Darker −20%#978F02

Darker −30%#655F01

Darker −40%#323001

More saturated +25%#FFF100

Less saturated −25%#DCD223

Channel breakdown

R252

G238

Red252 (98.8%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue3 (1.2%)

Hue56.63°

Saturation (HSL)97.65%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G EE · B 03

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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