Recognised as Colour

#FCEF6E

#FCEF6E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FCEF6E is a yellow with RGB values 252, 239, 110 and HSL 55°, 96%, 71%. 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

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HEX#FCEF6E

RGBrgb(252, 239, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9373, 0.4314

RGB percentages98.8%, 93.7%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(54.5, 95.9%, 71%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.5, 56.3%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 5.2%, 56.3%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,576,366

CSS custom property--colour: #FCEF6E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.71:1

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

Contrast with black17.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#031091

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE861no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEF75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE1D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.7 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 text17.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 18.2 Gold · ΔE 26.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.8 Yellow green · ΔE 31.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 18.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6E7BFC

Analogous#FCA86E, #C2FC6E

Triadic#6EFCEF, #EF6EFC

Split complementary#6EC2FC, #A86EFC

Tetradic#6EFCA8, #6E7BFC, #FC6EC2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFAD2

Lighter +10%#FDF5A0

Darker −10%#FBE93C

Darker −20%#FAE40A

Darker −30%#CDBA04

Darker −40%#9B8D03

More saturated +25%#FFF16B

Less saturated −25%#EAE081

Channel breakdown

R252

G239

B110

Red252 (98.8%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue54.51°

Saturation (HSL)95.95%

Lightness70.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G EF · B 6E

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Colour harmonies

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