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Recognised as Colour

#FCF016

  • #FCF016
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FCF016 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 240, 22 and HSL 57°, 97%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FCF016#FCF016
HEX#FCF016
RGBrgb(252, 240, 22)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9412, 0.0863
RGB percentages98.8%, 94.1%, 8.6%
HSLhsl(56.9, 97.5%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.9, 91.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 4.8%, 91.3%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,576,534
CSS custom property--colour: #FCF016;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.61:1
Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#030FE9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFEE33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FFDFCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.2 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 text17.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 8.9Gold · ΔE 15Yellow green · ΔE 36.1Green yellow · ΔE 37.9Goldenrod · ΔE 38.7Orange · ΔE 44.6
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 8.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1622FC
Analogous#FC7D16, #95FC16
Triadic#16FCF0, #F016FC
Split complementary#1695FC, #7D16FC
Tetradic#16FC7D, #1622FC, #FC1695

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFDDF
Lighter +30%#FEFAAD
Lighter +20%#FDF67B
Lighter +10%#FDF348
Darker −10%#DCD103
Darker −20%#AAA102
Darker −30%#777102
Darker −40%#454201
More saturated +25%#FFF313
Less saturated −25%#DFD633

Channel breakdown

R252
G240
B22
Red252 (98.8%)
Green240 (94.1%)
Blue22 (8.6%)
Hue56.87°
Saturation (HSL)97.46%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G F0 · B 16

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