Colour

#FCF4C3

#FCF4C3
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#FCF4C3 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 244, 195 and HSL 52°, 90%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#FCF4C3#FCF4C3

HEX#FCF4C3

RGBrgb(252, 244, 195)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9569, 0.7647

RGB percentages98.8%, 95.7%, 76.5%

HSLhsl(51.6, 90.5%, 87.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 22.6%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 3.2%, 22.6%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,577,731

CSS custom property--colour: #FCF4C3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89337WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness241.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.87:1

Contrast with white1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F2F2F2

Inverted#030B3C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEF1C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF4C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEDE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 3.1 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 5.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.2 Moccasin · ΔE 8.5 Wheat · ΔE 9.1 Light yellow · ΔE 10.4

Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 3.12, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C3CBFC

Analogous#FCD7C3, #E8FCC3

Triadic#C3FCF4, #F4C3FC

Split complementary#C3E8FC, #D7C3FC

Tetradic#C3FCD8, #C3CBFC, #FCC3E8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFDF4

Darker −10%#FAEB92

Darker −20%#F7E262

Darker −30%#F5D931

Darker −40%#E7C90C

More saturated +25%#FFF6C0

Less saturated −25%#F4EECB

Channel breakdown

R252

G244

B195

Red252 (98.8%)

Green244 (95.7%)

Blue195 (76.5%)

Hue51.58°

Saturation (HSL)90.48%

Lightness87.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G F4 · B C3

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