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Recognised as Colour

#FCFA18

  • #FCFA18
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FCFA18 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 250, 24 and HSL 59°, 97%, 54%. 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

#FCFA18#FCFA18
HEX#FCFA18
RGBrgb(252, 250, 24)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9804, 0.0941
RGB percentages98.8%, 98%, 9.4%
HSLhsl(59.5, 97.4%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.5, 90.5%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 0.8%, 90.5%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,579,096
CSS custom property--colour: #FCFA18;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness236.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.83:1
Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#0305E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFEF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF537no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE9D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.5 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 text18.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 3.9Gold · ΔE 20.6Green yellow · ΔE 33.8Yellow green · ΔE 35.9Goldenrod · ΔE 44.1Khaki · ΔE 47.8
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 3.87, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#181AFC
Analogous#FC8818, #8CFC18
Triadic#18FCFA, #FA18FC
Split complementary#188CFC, #8818FC
Tetradic#18FC88, #181AFC, #FC188C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEE1
Lighter +30%#FEFDAF
Lighter +20%#FDFC7D
Lighter +10%#FDFB4A
Darker −10%#DEDC03
Darker −20%#ACAA02
Darker −30%#797802
Darker −40%#474601
More saturated +25%#FFFD15
Less saturated −25%#DFDD35

Channel breakdown

R252
G250
B24
Red252 (98.8%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue24 (9.4%)
Hue59.47°
Saturation (HSL)97.44%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G FA · B 18

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