Colour

#FCEF06

#FCEF06
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FCEF06 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 239, 6 and HSL 57°, 98%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FCEF06#FCEF06

HEX#FCEF06

RGBrgb(252, 239, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9373, 0.0235

RGB percentages98.8%, 93.7%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(56.8, 97.6%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.8, 97.6%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 5.2%, 97.6%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,576,262

CSS custom property--colour: #FCEF06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.49:1

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

Contrast with black17.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#0310F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEE2Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDECCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.3 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 text17.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 8.7 Gold · ΔE 14.8 Yellow green · ΔE 37 Green yellow · ΔE 38.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 39 Orange · ΔE 44.5

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 8.67, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0613FC

Analogous#FC7406, #8EFC06

Triadic#06FCEF, #EF06FC

Split complementary#068EFC, #7406FC

Tetradic#06FC74, #0613FC, #FC068E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFCD0

Lighter +30%#FEF99D

Lighter +20%#FDF56B

Lighter +10%#FDF238

Darker −10%#CDC202

Darker −20%#9A9202

Darker −30%#686201

Darker −40%#353301

More saturated +25%#FFF203

Less saturated −25%#DDD325

Channel breakdown

R252

G239

Red252 (98.8%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue56.83°

Saturation (HSL)97.62%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G EF · B 06

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