Recognised as Colour

#FDD804

#FDD804
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FDD804 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 216, 4 and HSL 51°, 98%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FDD804#FDD804

HEX#FDD804

RGBrgb(253, 216, 4)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.8471, 0.0157

RGB percentages99.2%, 84.7%, 1.6%

HSLhsl(51.1, 98.4%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 98.4%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 14.6%, 98.4%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,635,908

CSS custom property--colour: #FDD804;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70003WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#0227FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0D300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9DF26no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC6B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 1.4 Yellow · ΔE 22.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.9 Orange · ΔE 30.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 39 Yellow green · ΔE 41.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 1.38, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0429FD

Analogous#FD5B04, #A6FD04

Triadic#04FDD8, #D804FD

Split complementary#04A5FD, #5C04FD

Tetradic#04FD5B, #0429FD, #FD04A5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF7CE

Lighter +30%#FEF09C

Lighter +20%#FEE869

Lighter +10%#FDE037

Darker −10%#CCAE02

Darker −20%#9A8301

Darker −30%#675801

Darker −40%#352D00

More saturated +25%#FFD902

Less saturated −25%#DDC224

Channel breakdown

R253

G216

Red253 (99.2%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue4 (1.6%)

Hue51.08°

Saturation (HSL)98.42%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G D8 · B 04

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Colour values

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