Recognised as Colour

#FDE04F

#FDE04F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FDE04F is a yellow with RGB values 253, 224, 79 and HSL 50°, 98%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FDE04F#FDE04F

HEX#FDE04F

RGBrgb(253, 224, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.8784, 0.3098

RGB percentages99.2%, 87.8%, 31%

HSLhsl(50, 97.8%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 68.8%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 11.5%, 68.8%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,638,031

CSS custom property--colour: #FDE04F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74758WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.95:1

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

Contrast with black15.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#021FB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6DB3Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE557no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD0C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62 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 text15.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 16.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.2 Khaki · ΔE 26.6 Yellow · ΔE 29.3 Orange · ΔE 33.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 16.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F6CFD

Analogous#FD894F, #C3FD4F

Triadic#4FFDE0, #E04FFD

Split complementary#4FC3FD, #894FFD

Tetradic#4FFD89, #4F6CFD, #FD4FC3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFBE6

Lighter +20%#FEF2B4

Lighter +10%#FEE981

Darker −10%#FCD71D

Darker −20%#E3BE03

Darker −30%#B19402

Darker −40%#7F6A01

More saturated +25%#FFE14D

Less saturated −25%#E7D165

Channel breakdown

R253

G224

B79

Red253 (99.2%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)97.75%

Lightness65.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G E0 · B 4F

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Colour values

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