Recognised as Colour

#FDD92B

#FDD92B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FDD92B is a yellow with RGB values 253, 217, 43 and HSL 50°, 98%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FDD92B#FDD92B

HEX#FDD92B

RGBrgb(253, 217, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.851, 0.1686

RGB percentages99.2%, 85.1%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(49.7, 98.1%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 83%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 14.2%, 83%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,636,203

CSS custom property--colour: #FDD92B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70683WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.14:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#0226D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0D400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAE039no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC7BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 6.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.7 Yellow · ΔE 24.8 Orange · ΔE 29.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 36 Khaki · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 6.22, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B4FFD

Analogous#FD702B, #B8FD2B

Triadic#2BFDD9, #D92BFD

Split complementary#2BB8FD, #702BFD

Tetradic#2BFD70, #2B4FFD, #FD2BB8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFDF5

Lighter +30%#FEF4C3

Lighter +20%#FEEB90

Lighter +10%#FDE25E

Darker −10%#F3C902

Darker −20%#C0A002

Darker −30%#8E7601

Darker −40%#5B4C01

More saturated +25%#FFDA29

Less saturated −25%#E2C746

Channel breakdown

R253

G217

B43

Red253 (99.2%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue49.71°

Saturation (HSL)98.13%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G D9 · B 2B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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