Recognised as Colour

#FDE12D

#FDE12D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FDE12D is a yellow with RGB values 253, 225, 45 and HSL 52°, 98%, 58%. 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

#FDE12D#FDE12D

HEX#FDE12D

RGBrgb(253, 225, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.8824, 0.1765

RGB percentages99.2%, 88.2%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(51.9, 98.1%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 82.2%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 11.1%, 82.2%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,638,253

CSS custom property--colour: #FDE12D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74923WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.98:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#021ED2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8DB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE53Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD0C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7.5 Yellow · ΔE 20.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.8 Orange · ΔE 34.4 Yellow green · ΔE 36.9 Khaki · ΔE 37.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.54, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D49FD

Analogous#FD792D, #B1FD2D

Triadic#2DFDE1, #E12DFD

Split complementary#2DB1FD, #792DFD

Tetradic#2DFD79, #2D49FD, #FD2DB1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEF7

Lighter +30%#FEF7C5

Lighter +20%#FEEF92

Lighter +10%#FDE860

Darker −10%#F5D402

Darker −20%#C2A802

Darker −30%#907C01

Darker −40%#5D5101

More saturated +25%#FFE22B

Less saturated −25%#E3CE48

Channel breakdown

R253

G225

B45

Red253 (99.2%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue51.92°

Saturation (HSL)98.11%

Lightness58.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G E1 · B 2D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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