Colour

#FDDB00

#FDDB00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FDDB00 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 219, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FDDB00#FDDB00

HEX#FDDB00

RGBrgb(253, 219, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.8588, 0

RGB percentages99.2%, 85.9%, 0%

HSLhsl(51.9, 100%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 100%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 13.4%, 100%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,636,672

CSS custom property--colour: #FDDB00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.31:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#0224FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE125no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC9BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 3 Yellow · ΔE 20.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.6 Orange · ΔE 32.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 40.6 Yellow green · ΔE 40.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 3.02, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0022FD

Analogous#FD5C00, #A1FD00

Triadic#00FDDB, #DB00FD

Split complementary#00A1FD, #5C00FD

Tetradic#00FD5C, #0022FD, #FD00A1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF8CA

Lighter +30%#FFF197

Lighter +20%#FFEA64

Lighter +10%#FFE331

Darker −10%#CAAF00

Darker −20%#978300

Darker −30%#645700

Darker −40%#312A00

More saturated +25%#FDDB00

Less saturated −25%#DDC420

Channel breakdown

R253

G219

Red253 (99.2%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue51.94°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G DB · B 00

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