Recognised as Colour

#FCF06E

#FCF06E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FCF06E is a yellow with RGB values 252, 240, 110 and HSL 55°, 96%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FCF06E#FCF06E

HEX#FCF06E

RGBrgb(252, 240, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9412, 0.4314

RGB percentages98.8%, 94.1%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(54.9, 95.9%, 71%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.9, 56.3%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 4.8%, 56.3%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,576,622

CSS custom property--colour: #FCF06E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84141WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.83:1

Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#030F91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE961no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEF75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE2D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 18.5 Gold · ΔE 26.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 31 Dark khaki · ΔE 31.3 Yellow green · ΔE 31.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 18.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6E7AFC

Analogous#FCA96E, #C1FC6E

Triadic#6EFCF0, #F06EFC

Split complementary#6EC1FC, #A96EFC

Tetradic#6EFCA9, #6E7AFC, #FC6EC1

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%#FBEB3C

Darker −20%#FAE60A

Darker −30%#CDBC04

Darker −40%#9B8E03

More saturated +25%#FFF26B

Less saturated −25%#EAE181

Channel breakdown

R252

G240

B110

Red252 (98.8%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue54.93°

Saturation (HSL)95.95%

Lightness70.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G F0 · B 6E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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