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Recognised as Colour

#FCFBDE

  • #FCFBDE
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light yellow

#FCFBDE is a yellow with RGB values 252, 251, 222 and HSL 58°, 83%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 20:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light yellow.

Colour values

#FCFBDE#FCFBDE
HEX#FCFBDE
RGBrgb(252, 251, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9843, 0.8706
RGB percentages98.8%, 98.4%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(58, 83.3%, 92.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58, 11.9%, 98.8%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 11.9%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,579,550
CSS custom property--colour: #FCFBDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.94964WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness248.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.99:1
Contrast with white1.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F9F9F9
Inverted#030421

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFF8DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFFADFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FFF7F3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light yellow · ΔE 1.6Cornsilk · ΔE 2.3Beige · ΔE 2.9Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 5.6Papaya whip · ΔE 6.5Ivory · ΔE 7.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight yellow (#FFFFE0)ΔE 1.63, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEDFFC
Analogous#FCECDE, #EEFCDE
Triadic#DEFCFB, #FBDEFC
Split complementary#DEEEFC, #ECDEFC
Tetradic#DEFCEC, #DEDFFC, #FCDEEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#F8F5AF
Darker −20%#F4F080
Darker −30%#EFEA52
Darker −40%#EBE423
More saturated +25%#FFFEDB
Less saturated −25%#F8F7E2

Channel breakdown

R252
G251
B222
Red252 (98.8%)
Green251 (98.4%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue58°
Saturation (HSL)83.33%
Lightness92.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FC · G FB · B DE

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