Recognised as Colour

#FCEE11

#FCEE11
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FCEE11 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 238, 17 and HSL 56°, 98%, 53%. 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

#FCEE11#FCEE11

HEX#FCEE11

RGBrgb(252, 238, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9333, 0.0667

RGB percentages98.8%, 93.3%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(56.4, 97.5%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.4, 93.3%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 93.3%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,576,017

CSS custom property--colour: #FCEE11;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81885WCAG 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 17.38:1

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

Contrast with black17.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#0311EE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFED31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDDCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80 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 text17.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 9.7 Gold · ΔE 14 Yellow green · ΔE 36.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 37.9 Green yellow · ΔE 38.8 Orange · ΔE 43.6

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 9.73, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#111FFC

Analogous#FC7811, #95FC11

Triadic#11FCEE, #EE11FC

Split complementary#1195FC, #7811FC

Tetradic#11FC78, #111FFC, #FC1195

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFCDA

Lighter +30%#FEF9A8

Lighter +20%#FDF576

Lighter +10%#FDF243

Darker −10%#D7CB03

Darker −20%#A59B02

Darker −30%#736C01

Darker −40%#403C01

More saturated +25%#FFF10E

Less saturated −25%#DED32F

Channel breakdown

R252

G238

B17

Red252 (98.8%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue56.43°

Saturation (HSL)97.51%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G EE · B 11

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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