Colour

#FCF264

#FCF264
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FCF264 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 242, 100 and HSL 56°, 96%, 69%. 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

#FCF264#FCF264

HEX#FCF264

RGBrgb(252, 242, 100)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.949, 0.3922

RGB percentages98.8%, 94.9%, 39.2%

HSLhsl(56.1, 96.2%, 69%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.1, 60.3%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 4%, 60.3%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,577,124

CSS custom property--colour: #FCF264;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8512WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.5 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#EAEAEA

Inverted#030D9B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFEA53no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF16Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE3D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.6 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 23.5 Gold · ΔE 23.6 Yellow · ΔE 28.1 Yellow green · ΔE 30.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 35.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 23.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#646EFC

Analogous#FCA664, #BAFC64

Triadic#64FCF2, #F264FC

Split complementary#64BAFC, #A664FC

Tetradic#64FCA6, #646EFC, #FC64BA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFA

Lighter +20%#FEFAC8

Lighter +10%#FDF696

Darker −10%#FBEE32

Darker −20%#F5E505

Darker −30%#C3B704

Darker −40%#918803

More saturated +25%#FFF561

Less saturated −25%#E8E178

Channel breakdown

R252

G242

B100

Red252 (98.8%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue100 (39.2%)

Hue56.05°

Saturation (HSL)96.2%

Lightness69.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G F2 · B 64

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Colour values

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