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Recognised as Colour

#FCF17E

  • #FCF17E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#FCF17E is a yellow with RGB values 252, 241, 126 and HSL 55°, 95%, 74%. 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

#FCF17E#FCF17E
HEX#FCF17E
RGBrgb(252, 241, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9451, 0.4941
RGB percentages98.8%, 94.5%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(54.8, 95.5%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54.8, 50%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 4.4%, 50%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,576,894
CSS custom property--colour: #FCF17E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85112WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness234.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.02:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB
Inverted#030E81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFEA74no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF083no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE4D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.1 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 text18.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.1Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.7Dark khaki · ΔE 26.8Navajo white · ΔE 32.3Goldenrod · ΔE 32.8Gold · ΔE 32.9
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E89FC
Analogous#FCB27E, #C8FC7E
Triadic#7EFCF1, #F17EFC
Split complementary#7EC8FC, #B27EFC
Tetradic#7EFCB2, #7E89FC, #FC7EC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFCE2
Lighter +10%#FDF6B0
Darker −10%#FBEC4C
Darker −20%#FAE61A
Darker −30%#DCC905
Darker −40%#AA9C04
More saturated +25%#FFF37B
Less saturated −25%#ECE38F

Channel breakdown

R252
G241
B126
Red252 (98.8%)
Green241 (94.5%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue54.76°
Saturation (HSL)95.45%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G F1 · B 7E

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