Recognised as Colour

#FDE696

#FDE696
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FDE696 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 230, 150 and HSL 47°, 96%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FDE696#FDE696

HEX#FDE696

RGBrgb(253, 230, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.902, 0.5882

RGB percentages99.2%, 90.2%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(46.6, 96.3%, 79%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.6, 40.7%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 40.7%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,639,638

CSS custom property--colour: #FDE696;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79678WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.94:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#021969

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6E390no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCEA99no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDAD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.7 Navajo white · ΔE 15.5 Moccasin · ΔE 16.3 Wheat · ΔE 18.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.97, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#96ADFD

Analogous#FDB396, #E1FD96

Triadic#96FDE6, #E696FD

Split complementary#96E1FD, #B396FD

Tetradic#96FDB3, #96ADFD, #FD96E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFEFA

Lighter +10%#FEF2C8

Darker −10%#FCDA64

Darker −20%#FBCE32

Darker −30%#F5C005

Darker −40%#C39904

More saturated +25%#FFE794

Less saturated −25%#F0DFA3

Channel breakdown

R253

G230

B150

Red253 (99.2%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue46.6°

Saturation (HSL)96.26%

Lightness79.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G E6 · B 96

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