Recognised as Colour
#FDE669
- #FDE669
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Khaki
#FDE669 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 230, 105 and HSL 51°, 97%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.
Colour values
#FDE669#FDE669
HEX#FDE669
RGBrgb(253, 230, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.902, 0.4118
RGB percentages99.2%, 90.2%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(50.7, 97.4%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 58.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK0%, 9.1%, 58.5%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,639,593
CSS custom property--colour: #FDE669;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.78496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.7:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#021996
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#6980FD
Analogous#FD9C69, #CAFD69
Triadic#69FDE6, #E669FD
Split complementary#69CAFD, #9C69FD
Tetradic#69FD9C, #6980FD, #FD69CA
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R253
G230
B105
Red253 (99.2%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue50.68°
Saturation (HSL)97.37%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FD · G E6 · B 69
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