Recognised as Colour

#FCFBCB

#FCFBCB
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#FCFBCB is a yellow with RGB values 252, 251, 203 and HSL 59°, 89%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

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HEX#FCFBCB

RGBrgb(252, 251, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9843, 0.7961

RGB percentages98.8%, 98.4%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(58.8, 89.1%, 89.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.8, 19.4%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 19.4%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,579,531

CSS custom property--colour: #FCFBCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.94002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness246.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.8:1

Contrast with white1.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F8F8F8

Inverted#030434

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF7C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF9CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF5EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 2.1 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 4 Light yellow · ΔE 8.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.1 Cornsilk · ΔE 10.2 Beige · ΔE 11.7

Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 2.09, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CBCCFC

Analogous#FCE3CB, #E5FCCB

Triadic#CBFCFB, #FBCBFC

Split complementary#CBE5FC, #E3CBFC

Tetradic#CBFCE2, #CBCCFC, #FCCBE4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFFB

Darker −10%#F9F79B

Darker −20%#F6F46B

Darker −30%#F4F03A

Darker −40%#EDE90E

More saturated +25%#FFFEC8

Less saturated −25%#F5F4D2

Channel breakdown

R252

G251

B203

Red252 (98.8%)

Green251 (98.4%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue58.78°

Saturation (HSL)89.09%

Lightness89.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FC · G FB · B CB

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Colour values

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