Recognised as Colour

#FCEE81

#FCEE81
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FCEE81 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 238, 129 and HSL 53°, 95%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FCEE81#FCEE81

HEX#FCEE81

RGBrgb(252, 238, 129)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9333, 0.5059

RGB percentages98.8%, 93.3%, 50.6%

HSLhsl(53.2, 95.3%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.2, 48.8%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 48.8%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,576,129

CSS custom property--colour: #FCEE81;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83429WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.69:1

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

Contrast with black17.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#03117E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE877no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEE86no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE1D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 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 text17.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.7 Navajo white · ΔE 29.4 Moccasin · ΔE 30.1 Wheat · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.5, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#818FFC

Analogous#FCB181, #CDFC81

Triadic#81FCEE, #EE81FC

Split complementary#81CDFC, #B181FC

Tetradic#81FCB0, #818FFC, #FC81CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFBE5

Lighter +10%#FDF5B3

Darker −10%#FBE74F

Darker −20%#FAE11D

Darker −30%#DFC605

Darker −40%#AD9A04

More saturated +25%#FFF07E

Less saturated −25%#ECE291

Channel breakdown

R252

G238

B129

Red252 (98.8%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue129 (50.6%)

Hue53.17°

Saturation (HSL)95.35%

Lightness74.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G EE · B 81

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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