Recognised as Colour
#FDDC2F
- #FDDC2F
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FDDC2F is a yellow with RGB values 253, 220, 47 and HSL 50°, 98%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FDDC2F#FDDC2F
HEX#FDDC2F
RGBrgb(253, 220, 47)
RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.8627, 0.1843
RGB percentages99.2%, 86.3%, 18.4%
HSLhsl(50.4, 98.1%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 81.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK0%, 13%, 81.4%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,636,975
CSS custom property--colour: #FDDC2F;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.72274WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.45:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#0223D0
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.45:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#2F50FD
Analogous#FD752F, #B7FD2F
Triadic#2FFDDC, #DC2FFD
Split complementary#2FB7FD, #752FFD
Tetradic#2FFD75, #2F50FD, #FD2FB7
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R253
G220
B47
Red253 (99.2%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue47 (18.4%)
Hue50.39°
Saturation (HSL)98.1%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FD · G DC · B 2F
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