Colour

#FDDD00

#FDDD00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FDDD00 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 221, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 50%. 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

#FDDD00#FDDD00

HEX#FDDD00

RGBrgb(253, 221, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.8667, 0

RGB percentages99.2%, 86.7%, 0%

HSLhsl(52.4, 100%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 100%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 12.6%, 100%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,637,184

CSS custom property--colour: #FDDD00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72596WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.52:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#0222FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5D700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE226no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCBBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 4.2 Yellow · ΔE 19.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.6 Orange · ΔE 33.8 Yellow green · ΔE 40.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 41.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 4.18, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0020FD

Analogous#FD5E00, #9FFD00

Triadic#00FDDD, #DD00FD

Split complementary#009FFD, #5E00FD

Tetradic#00FD5E, #0020FD, #FD009F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF8CA

Lighter +30%#FFF297

Lighter +20%#FFEB64

Lighter +10%#FFE531

Darker −10%#CAB000

Darker −20%#978400

Darker −30%#645700

Darker −40%#312B00

More saturated +25%#FDDD00

Less saturated −25%#DDC520

Channel breakdown

R253

G221

Red253 (99.2%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52.41°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G DD · B 00

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Colour values

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