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Recognised as Colour

#FCFA03

  • #FCFA03
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FCFA03 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 250, 3 and HSL 60°, 98%, 50%. 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

#FCFA03#FCFA03
HEX#FCFA03
RGBrgb(252, 250, 3)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9804, 0.0118
RGB percentages98.8%, 98%, 1.2%
HSLhsl(59.5, 97.6%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.5, 98.8%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 0.8%, 98.8%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,579,075
CSS custom property--colour: #FCFA03;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness236 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.81:1
Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#0305FC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFEF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF531no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE9D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.3 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 text18.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 2.4Gold · ΔE 21.2Green yellow · ΔE 34.2Yellow green · ΔE 37.1Goldenrod · ΔE 45.2Chartreuse · ΔE 48.6
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 2.4, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0305FC
Analogous#FC7E03, #81FC03
Triadic#03FCFA, #FA03FC
Split complementary#0381FC, #7D03FC
Tetradic#03FC7E, #0305FC, #FC0382

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFECD
Lighter +30%#FEFD9A
Lighter +20%#FDFC68
Lighter +10%#FDFB35
Darker −10%#CAC802
Darker −20%#979602
Darker −30%#656401
Darker −40%#323201
More saturated +25%#FFFD00
Less saturated −25%#DCDB23

Channel breakdown

R252
G250
B3
Red252 (98.8%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue3 (1.2%)
Hue59.52°
Saturation (HSL)97.65%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G FA · B 03

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