Colour

#FCF94D

#FCF94D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FCF94D is a yellow with RGB values 252, 249, 77 and HSL 59°, 97%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FCF94D#FCF94D

HEX#FCF94D

RGBrgb(252, 249, 77)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9765, 0.302

RGB percentages98.8%, 97.6%, 30.2%

HSLhsl(59, 96.7%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59, 69.4%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 1.2%, 69.4%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,578,893

CSS custom property--colour: #FCF94D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88983WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness236.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.8:1

Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED

Inverted#0306B2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFEF2Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF55Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE9D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 16.7 Gold · ΔE 20.4 Yellow green · ΔE 29.9 Green yellow · ΔE 34.7 Khaki · ΔE 34.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 37.6

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 16.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4D50FC

Analogous#FCA24D, #A7FC4D

Triadic#4DFCF9, #F94DFC

Split complementary#4DA8FC, #A14DFC

Tetradic#4DFCA2, #4D50FC, #FC4DA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEE3

Lighter +20%#FEFCB1

Lighter +10%#FDFB7F

Darker −10%#FBF71B

Darker −20%#DFDB04

Darker −30%#ADAA03

Darker −40%#7B7902

More saturated +25%#FFFC4A

Less saturated −25%#E5E364

Channel breakdown

R252

G249

B77

Red252 (98.8%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue77 (30.2%)

Hue58.97°

Saturation (HSL)96.69%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G F9 · B 4D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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