Colour

#FCFCF9

#FCFCF9
Yellow
Light
Nearest: White

#FCFCF9 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 252, 249 and HSL 60°, 33%, 98%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 20.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is White.

Colour values

#FCFCF9#FCFCF9

HEX#FCFCF9

RGBrgb(252, 252, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9882, 0.9765

RGB percentages98.8%, 98.8%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(60, 33.3%, 98.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 1.2%, 98.8%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 1.2%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,579,833

CSS custom property--colour: #FCFCF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.97156WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness251.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 20.43:1

Contrast with white1.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black20.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#FCFCFC

Inverted#030306

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDFCF9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDFCF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FDFCFBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text20.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

White · ΔE 1.9 Snow · ΔE 2.4 White smoke · ΔE 2.8 Mint cream · ΔE 3.7 Floral white · ΔE 4 Sea shell · ΔE 4.5

Nearest named CSS colourWhite (#FFFFFF)ΔE 1.89, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F9F9FC

Analogous#FCFBF9, #FBFCF9

Triadic#F9FCFC, #FCF9FC

Split complementary#F9FBFC, #FBF9FC

Tetradic#F9FCFB, #F9F9FC, #FCF9FB

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%#EBEBD7

Darker −20%#DADAB5

Darker −30%#C9C993

Darker −40%#B8B871

More saturated +25%#FDFDF8

Less saturated −25%#FBFBFA

Channel breakdown

R252

G252

B249

Red252 (98.8%)

Green252 (98.8%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness98.24%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR FC · G FC · B F9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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