Colour

#FDDF00

#FDDF00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FDDF00 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 223, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FDDF00#FDDF00

HEX#FDDF00

RGBrgb(253, 223, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.8745, 0

RGB percentages99.2%, 87.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(52.9, 100%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.9, 100%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 11.9%, 100%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,637,696

CSS custom property--colour: #FDDF00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73658WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.73:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#0220FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7D900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE327no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCDBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5.3 Yellow · ΔE 18 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.7 Orange · ΔE 35 Yellow green · ΔE 40 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 42.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 5.35, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#001EFD

Analogous#FD6000, #9DFD00

Triadic#00FDDF, #DF00FD

Split complementary#009DFD, #6000FD

Tetradic#00FD60, #001EFD, #FD009D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF9CA

Lighter +30%#FFF397

Lighter +20%#FFED64

Lighter +10%#FFE731

Darker −10%#CAB200

Darker −20%#978500

Darker −30%#645800

Darker −40%#312B00

More saturated +25%#FDDF00

Less saturated −25%#DDC720

Channel breakdown

R253

G223

Red253 (99.2%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52.89°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G DF · B 00

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