Recognised as Colour

#FCF1AA

#FCF1AA
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FCF1AA is a yellow with RGB values 252, 241, 170 and HSL 52°, 93%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FCF1AA#FCF1AA

HEX#FCF1AA

RGBrgb(252, 241, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9451, 0.6667

RGB percentages98.8%, 94.5%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(52, 93.2%, 82.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 32.5%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 4.4%, 32.5%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,576,938

CSS custom property--colour: #FCF1AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.86508WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness237.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.3:1

Contrast with white1.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE

Inverted#030E55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEEDA5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF1ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE7DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.9 Khaki · ΔE 10.5 Moccasin · ΔE 13.3 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 13.9 Navajo white · ΔE 14.1 Wheat · ΔE 15.1

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.86, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AAB5FC

Analogous#FCC8AA, #DEFCAA

Triadic#AAFCF1, #F1AAFC

Split complementary#AADEFC, #C8AAFC

Tetradic#AAFCC8, #AAB5FC, #FCAADE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEF9DB

Darker −10%#FAE979

Darker −20%#F9E147

Darker −30%#F7D916

Darker −40%#D3B707

More saturated +25%#FFF3A7

Less saturated −25%#F1E9B5

Channel breakdown

R252

G241

B170

Red252 (98.8%)

Green241 (94.5%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue51.95°

Saturation (HSL)93.18%

Lightness82.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G F1 · B AA

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