Recognised as Colour

#FCF090

#FCF090
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FCF090 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 240, 144 and HSL 53°, 95%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FCF090#FCF090

HEX#FCF090

RGBrgb(252, 240, 144)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9412, 0.5647

RGB percentages98.8%, 94.1%, 56.5%

HSLhsl(53.3, 94.7%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.3, 42.9%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 4.8%, 42.9%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,576,656

CSS custom property--colour: #FCF090;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness234.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.01:1

Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC

Inverted#030F6F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFEA88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF094no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE4D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.2 Navajo white · ΔE 23.9 Moccasin · ΔE 24.3 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.5, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#909CFC

Analogous#FCBA90, #D2FC90

Triadic#90FCF0, #F090FC

Split complementary#90D2FC, #BA90FC

Tetradic#90FCBA, #909CFC, #FC90D2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFDF3

Lighter +10%#FDF7C2

Darker −10%#FBE95E

Darker −20%#F9E32D

Darker −30%#EDD306

Darker −40%#BBA705

More saturated +25%#FFF28D

Less saturated −25%#EEE59E

Channel breakdown

R252

G240

B144

Red252 (98.8%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue144 (56.5%)

Hue53.33°

Saturation (HSL)94.74%

Lightness77.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G F0 · B 90

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