Recognised as Colour

#FDE60A

#FDE60A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FDE60A is a yellow with RGB values 253, 230, 10 and HSL 54°, 98%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FDE60A#FDE60A

HEX#FDE60A

RGBrgb(253, 230, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.902, 0.0392

RGB percentages99.2%, 90.2%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(54.3, 98.4%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.3, 96%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 96%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,639,498

CSS custom property--colour: #FDE60A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77498WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.5:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#0219F5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDDF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE82Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD4C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 9.2 Yellow · ΔE 14.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.8 Yellow green · ΔE 38.3 Orange · ΔE 38.8 Green yellow · ΔE 42.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 9.19, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A21FD

Analogous#FD6D0A, #9AFD0A

Triadic#0AFDE6, #E60AFD

Split complementary#0A9AFD, #6D0AFD

Tetradic#0AFD6D, #0A21FD, #FD0A9A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBD4

Lighter +30%#FEF5A2

Lighter +20%#FEF06F

Lighter +10%#FDEB3D

Darker −10%#D2BF02

Darker −20%#A09101

Darker −30%#6D6301

Darker −40%#3B3500

More saturated +25%#FFE808

Less saturated −25%#DECD29

Channel breakdown

R253

G230

B10

Red253 (99.2%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue54.32°

Saturation (HSL)98.38%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G E6 · B 0A

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Colour harmonies

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