Recognised as Colour

#FDE026

#FDE026
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FDE026 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 224, 38 and HSL 52°, 98%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FDE026#FDE026

HEX#FDE026

RGBrgb(253, 224, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.8784, 0.149

RGB percentages99.2%, 87.8%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(51.9, 98.2%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 85%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 11.5%, 85%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,637,990

CSS custom property--colour: #FDE026;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74334WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.87:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#021FD9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7DA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE438no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCEC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 6.4 Yellow · ΔE 20 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.1 Orange · ΔE 34.2 Yellow green · ΔE 37.7 Khaki · ΔE 38.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 6.37, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2643FD

Analogous#FD7526, #AEFD26

Triadic#26FDE0, #E026FD

Split complementary#26AEFD, #7526FD

Tetradic#26FD75, #2643FD, #FD26AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFDF0

Lighter +30%#FEF6BE

Lighter +20%#FEEE8B

Lighter +10%#FDE759

Darker −10%#EECE02

Darker −20%#BBA202

Darker −30%#897601

Darker −40%#564B01

More saturated +25%#FFE124

Less saturated −25%#E2CC41

Channel breakdown

R253

G224

B38

Red253 (99.2%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue51.91°

Saturation (HSL)98.17%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G E0 · B 26

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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