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Recognised as Colour

#FCFA25

  • #FCFA25
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FCFA25 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 250, 37 and HSL 59°, 97%, 57%. 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

#FCFA25#FCFA25
HEX#FCFA25
RGBrgb(252, 250, 37)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9804, 0.1451
RGB percentages98.8%, 98%, 14.5%
HSLhsl(59.4, 97.3%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.4, 85.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 0.8%, 85.3%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,579,109
CSS custom property--colour: #FCFA25;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness236.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.84:1
Contrast with white1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB
Inverted#0305DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFEF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF53Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE9D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81 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 text18.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 5.8Gold · ΔE 20.1Green yellow · ΔE 33.5Yellow green · ΔE 34.6Goldenrod · ΔE 42.9Khaki · ΔE 45.8
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 5.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2527FC
Analogous#FC8F25, #92FC25
Triadic#25FCFA, #FA25FC
Split complementary#2592FC, #8E25FC
Tetradic#25FC8F, #2527FC, #FC2593

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFEE
Lighter +30%#FEFDBC
Lighter +20%#FDFC8A
Lighter +10%#FDFB57
Darker −10%#EBE903
Darker −20%#B8B703
Darker −30%#868502
Darker −40%#545301
More saturated +25%#FFFD22
Less saturated −25%#E0DF41

Channel breakdown

R252
G250
B37
Red252 (98.8%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue37 (14.5%)
Hue59.44°
Saturation (HSL)97.29%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G FA · B 25

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