Recognised as Colour

#FDDD27

#FDDD27
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FDDD27 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 221, 39 and HSL 51°, 98%, 57%. 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

#FDDD27#FDDD27

HEX#FDDD27

RGBrgb(253, 221, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.8667, 0.1529

RGB percentages99.2%, 86.7%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(51, 98.2%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 84.6%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 12.6%, 84.6%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,637,223

CSS custom property--colour: #FDDD27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.55:1

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

Contrast with black15.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#0222D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4D700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE238no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCBBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.2 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 text15.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5.6 Yellow · ΔE 21.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.4 Orange · ΔE 32.4 Khaki · ΔE 38.1 Yellow green · ΔE 38.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 5.65, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2747FD

Analogous#FD7227, #B2FD27

Triadic#27FDDD, #DD27FD

Split complementary#27B2FD, #7227FD

Tetradic#27FD72, #2747FD, #FD27B2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFDF1

Lighter +30%#FEF5BF

Lighter +20%#FEED8C

Lighter +10%#FDE55A

Darker −10%#EFCB02

Darker −20%#BCA002

Darker −30%#8A7501

Darker −40%#574A01

More saturated +25%#FFDE25

Less saturated −25%#E2CA42

Channel breakdown

R253

G221

B39

Red253 (99.2%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue51.03°

Saturation (HSL)98.17%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G DD · B 27

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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