Recognised as Colour

#FDE56F

#FDE56F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FDE56F is a yellow with RGB values 253, 229, 111 and HSL 50°, 97%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FDE56F#FDE56F

HEX#FDE56F

RGBrgb(253, 229, 111)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.898, 0.4353

RGB percentages99.2%, 89.8%, 43.5%

HSLhsl(49.9, 97.3%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 56.1%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.5%, 56.1%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,639,343

CSS custom property--colour: #FDE56F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78069WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.61:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#021A90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8E063no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE874no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD6CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.9 Gold · ΔE 28.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.6 Navajo white · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6F87FD

Analogous#FD9E6F, #CEFD6F

Triadic#6FFDE5, #E56FFD

Split complementary#6FCEFD, #9E6FFD

Tetradic#6FFD9E, #6F87FD, #FD6FCE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEF7D4

Lighter +10%#FEEEA1

Darker −10%#FCDC3D

Darker −20%#FCD30A

Darker −30%#D0AD03

Darker −40%#9E8402

More saturated +25%#FFE66D

Less saturated −25%#EBD981

Channel breakdown

R253

G229

B111

Red253 (99.2%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue111 (43.5%)

Hue49.86°

Saturation (HSL)97.26%

Lightness71.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G E5 · B 6F

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