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Recognised as Colour

#FDE87B

  • #FDE87B
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#FDE87B is a yellow with RGB values 253, 232, 123 and HSL 50°, 97%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FDE87B#FDE87B
HEX#FDE87B
RGBrgb(253, 232, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9098, 0.4824
RGB percentages99.2%, 91%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(50.3, 97%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 51.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK0%, 8.3%, 51.4%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,640,123
CSS custom property--colour: #FDE87B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.01:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#021784

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FAE371no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFEB80no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFDACFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.5Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.1Dark khaki · ΔE 24.3Navajo white · ΔE 29Goldenrod · ΔE 29.1Moccasin · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7B90FD
Analogous#FDA77B, #D1FD7B
Triadic#7BFDE8, #E87BFD
Split complementary#7BD1FD, #A77BFD
Tetradic#7BFDA7, #7B90FD, #FD7BD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFADF
Lighter +10%#FEF1AD
Darker −10%#FCDF49
Darker −20%#FBD617
Darker −30%#DCB903
Darker −40%#A98E03
More saturated +25%#FFE979
Less saturated −25%#ECDD8C

Channel breakdown

R253
G232
B123
Red253 (99.2%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue50.31°
Saturation (HSL)97.01%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FD · G E8 · B 7B

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