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Recognised as Colour

#FCF51E

  • #FCF51E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FCF51E is a yellow with RGB values 252, 245, 30 and HSL 58°, 97%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FCF51E#FCF51E
HEX#FCF51E
RGBrgb(252, 245, 30)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9608, 0.1176
RGB percentages98.8%, 96.1%, 11.8%
HSLhsl(58.1, 97.4%, 55.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.1, 88.1%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 2.8%, 88.1%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,577,822
CSS custom property--colour: #FCF51E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.86094WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.22:1
Contrast with white1.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#030AE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFEB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF239no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE4D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.4 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 text18.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 7Gold · ΔE 17.6Yellow green · ΔE 35.3Green yellow · ΔE 35.7Goldenrod · ΔE 40.8Khaki · ΔE 45.4
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 7.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E25FC
Analogous#FC861E, #94FC1E
Triadic#1EFCF5, #F51EFC
Split complementary#1E94FC, #861EFC
Tetradic#1EFC86, #1E25FC, #FC1E94

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEE7
Lighter +30%#FEFCB5
Lighter +20%#FDF983
Lighter +10%#FDF750
Darker −10%#E4DD03
Darker −20%#B2AC02
Darker −30%#7F7B02
Darker −40%#4D4B01
More saturated +25%#FFF81B
Less saturated −25%#E0DA3B

Channel breakdown

R252
G245
B30
Red252 (98.8%)
Green245 (96.1%)
Blue30 (11.8%)
Hue58.11°
Saturation (HSL)97.37%
Lightness55.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G F5 · B 1E

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