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Colour

#FCFA27

  • #FCFA27
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FCFA27 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 250, 39 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

#FCFA27#FCFA27
HEX#FCFA27
RGBrgb(252, 250, 39)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9804, 0.1529
RGB percentages98.8%, 98%, 15.3%
HSLhsl(59.4, 97.3%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.4, 84.5%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 0.8%, 84.5%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,579,111
CSS custom property--colour: #FCFA27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89213WCAG 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#0305D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFEF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF53Fno 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 80.6 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 6.1Gold · ΔE 20.1Green yellow · ΔE 33.5Yellow green · ΔE 34.4Goldenrod · ΔE 42.7Khaki · ΔE 45.4
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 6.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2729FC
Analogous#FC8F27, #93FC27
Triadic#27FCFA, #FA27FC
Split complementary#2793FC, #9027FC
Tetradic#27FC90, #2729FC, #FC2793

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFF0
Lighter +30%#FEFDBE
Lighter +20%#FDFC8C
Lighter +10%#FDFB59
Darker −10%#EDEB03
Darker −20%#BAB903
Darker −30%#888702
Darker −40%#565501
More saturated +25%#FFFD24
Less saturated −25%#E1DF42

Channel breakdown

R252
G250
B39
Red252 (98.8%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue39 (15.3%)
Hue59.44°
Saturation (HSL)97.26%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G FA · B 27

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