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Recognised as Colour

#FCF31A

  • #FCF31A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FCF31A is a yellow with RGB values 252, 243, 26 and HSL 58°, 97%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FCF31A#FCF31A
HEX#FCF31A
RGBrgb(252, 243, 26)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9529, 0.102
RGB percentages98.8%, 95.3%, 10.2%
HSLhsl(57.6, 97.4%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(57.6, 89.7%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 3.6%, 89.7%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,577,306
CSS custom property--colour: #FCF31A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84871WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.97:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#030CE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF136no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE2D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.7 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 text17.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 7.6Gold · ΔE 16.6Yellow green · ΔE 35.7Green yellow · ΔE 36.5Goldenrod · ΔE 40Khaki · ΔE 45.3
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 7.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1A23FC
Analogous#FC821A, #94FC1A
Triadic#1AFCF3, #F31AFC
Split complementary#1A94FC, #821AFC
Tetradic#1AFC82, #1A23FC, #FC1A94

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEE3
Lighter +30%#FEFBB1
Lighter +20%#FDF87F
Lighter +10%#FDF64C
Darker −10%#E0D703
Darker −20%#AEA702
Darker −30%#7B7702
Darker −40%#494601
More saturated +25%#FFF617
Less saturated −25%#DFD837

Channel breakdown

R252
G243
B26
Red252 (98.8%)
Green243 (95.3%)
Blue26 (10.2%)
Hue57.61°
Saturation (HSL)97.41%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G F3 · B 1A

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