Recognised as Colour

#FDD351

#FDD351
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#FDD351 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 211, 81 and HSL 45°, 98%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#FDD351#FDD351

HEX#FDD351

RGBrgb(253, 211, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.8275, 0.3176

RGB percentages99.2%, 82.7%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(45.3, 97.7%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.3, 68%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 16.6%, 68%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,634,705

CSS custom property--colour: #FDD351;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68065WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.61:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#022CAE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D040no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4DC57no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC2B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.9 Gold · ΔE 20.2 Khaki · ΔE 24.9 Orange · ΔE 27.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.5 Sandy brown · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#517BFD

Analogous#FD7D51, #D1FD51

Triadic#51FDD3, #D351FD

Split complementary#51D1FD, #7D51FD

Tetradic#51FD7D, #517BFD, #FD51D1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFF9E8

Lighter +20%#FEECB6

Lighter +10%#FEE083

Darker −10%#FCC61F

Darker −20%#E5AE03

Darker −30%#B38802

Darker −40%#816101

More saturated +25%#FFD44F

Less saturated −25%#E7C867

Channel breakdown

R253

G211

B81

Red253 (99.2%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue45.35°

Saturation (HSL)97.73%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G D3 · B 51

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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