Recognised as Colour
#FDE00C
- #FDE00C
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FDE00C is a yellow with RGB values 253, 224, 12 and HSL 53°, 98%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FDE00C#FDE00C
HEX#FDE00C
RGBrgb(253, 224, 12)
RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.8784, 0.0471
RGB percentages99.2%, 87.8%, 4.7%
HSLhsl(52.8, 98.4%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.8, 95.3%, 99.2%)
CMYK0%, 11.5%, 95.3%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,637,964
CSS custom property--colour: #FDE00C;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.74221WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.84:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#021FF3
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0C29FD
Analogous#FD670C, #A2FD0C
Triadic#0CFDE0, #E00CFD
Split complementary#0CA2FD, #670CFD
Tetradic#0CFD67, #0C29FD, #FD0CA2
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R253
G224
B12
Red253 (99.2%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue12 (4.7%)
Hue52.78°
Saturation (HSL)98.37%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FD · G E0 · B 0C
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