Colour
#FDE520
- #FDE520
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#FDE520 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 229, 32 and HSL 53°, 98%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#FDE520#FDE520
HEX#FDE520
RGBrgb(253, 229, 32)
RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.898, 0.1255
RGB percentages99.2%, 89.8%, 12.5%
HSLhsl(53.5, 98.2%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.5, 87.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK0%, 9.5%, 87.4%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,639,264
CSS custom property--colour: #FDE520;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.77026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.41:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#021ADF
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#2038FD
Analogous#FD7720, #A6FD20
Triadic#20FDE5, #E520FD
Split complementary#20A6FD, #7720FD
Tetradic#20FD77, #2038FD, #FD20A6
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R253
G229
B32
Red253 (99.2%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue32 (12.5%)
Hue53.48°
Saturation (HSL)98.22%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FD · G E5 · B 20
Keep nerding
Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.
Nerdulate something else
Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page