Recognised as Colour

#FCFA99

#FCFA99
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FCFA99 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 250, 153 and HSL 59°, 94%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FCFA99#FCFA99

HEX#FCFA99

RGBrgb(252, 250, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9804, 0.6

RGB percentages98.8%, 98%, 60%

HSLhsl(58.8, 94.3%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.8, 39.3%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 0.8%, 39.3%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,579,225

CSS custom property--colour: #FCFA99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.91367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness241.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.27:1

Contrast with white1.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F3F3F3

Inverted#030566

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF392no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF79Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEFE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 25.6 Moccasin · ΔE 26 Navajo white · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.57, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#999BFC

Analogous#FCC899, #CDFC99

Triadic#99FCFA, #FA99FC

Split complementary#99CDFC, #C899FC

Tetradic#99FCC8, #999BFC, #FC99CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFC

Lighter +10%#FDFCCB

Darker −10%#FBF867

Darker −20%#F9F536

Darker −30%#F5F007

Darker −40%#C3BF06

More saturated +25%#FFFD96

Less saturated −25%#EFEDA6

Channel breakdown

R252

G250

B153

Red252 (98.8%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue58.79°

Saturation (HSL)94.29%

Lightness79.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G FA · B 99

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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