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Recognised as Colour

#FCFD2A

  • #FCFD2A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FCFD2A is a yellow with RGB values 252, 253, 42 and HSL 60°, 98%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FCFD2A#FCFD2A
HEX#FCFD2A
RGBrgb(252, 253, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 0.9922, 0.1647
RGB percentages98.8%, 99.2%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(60.3, 98.1%, 57.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(60.3, 83.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK0.4%, 0%, 83.4%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,579,882
CSS custom property--colour: #FCFD2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.91113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness238.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.22:1
Contrast with white1.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE
Inverted#0302D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFF200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF741no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFECD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.2 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 text19.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 5.7Gold · ΔE 21.6Green yellow · ΔE 32.3Yellow green · ΔE 34.2Goldenrod · ΔE 44.1Khaki · ΔE 45.9
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 5.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2B2AFD
Analogous#FD952A, #92FD2A
Triadic#2AFCFD, #FD2AFC
Split complementary#2A93FD, #952AFD
Tetradic#2AFD95, #2B2AFD, #FD2A93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFF4
Lighter +30%#FEFEC2
Lighter +20%#FDFE8F
Lighter +10%#FDFD5D
Darker −10%#F1F202
Darker −20%#BEBF02
Darker −30%#8C8D01
Darker −40%#5A5A01
More saturated +25%#FEFF28
Less saturated −25%#E1E245

Channel breakdown

R252
G253
B42
Red252 (98.8%)
Green253 (99.2%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue60.28°
Saturation (HSL)98.14%
Lightness57.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR FC · G FD · B 2A

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