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Recognised as Colour

#FCFF06

  • #FCFF06
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#FCFF06 is a yellow with RGB values 252, 255, 6 and HSL 61°, 100%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FCFF06#FCFF06
HEX#FCFF06
RGBrgb(252, 255, 6)
RGB (0–1)0.9882, 1, 0.0235
RGB percentages98.8%, 100%, 2.4%
HSLhsl(60.7, 100%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(60.7, 97.6%, 100%)
CMYK1.2%, 0%, 97.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,580,358
CSS custom property--colour: #FCFF06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.92229WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness239.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.45:1
Contrast with white1.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#0300F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFF300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF933no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FFEED9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 1.4Gold · ΔE 24Green yellow · ΔE 32.4Yellow green · ΔE 37.3Chartreuse · ΔE 46.6Lawn green · ΔE 46.7
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 1.39, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0906FF
Analogous#FF8506, #80FF06
Triadic#06FCFF, #FF06FC
Split complementary#0680FF, #8606FF
Tetradic#06FF85, #0906FF, #FF067F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFFD2
Lighter +30%#FEFF9F
Lighter +20%#FDFF6C
Lighter +10%#FDFF39
Darker −10%#CFD200
Darker −20%#9D9F00
Darker −30%#6B6C00
Darker −40%#383900
More saturated +25%#FCFF06
Less saturated −25%#DEE025

Channel breakdown

R252
G255
B6
Red252 (98.8%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue6 (2.4%)
Hue60.72°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR FC · G FF · B 06

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