Colour

#FDE98C

#FDE98C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FDE98C is a yellow with RGB values 253, 233, 140 and HSL 49°, 97%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FDE98C#FDE98C

HEX#FDE98C

RGBrgb(253, 233, 140)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9137, 0.549

RGB percentages99.2%, 91.4%, 54.9%

HSLhsl(49.4, 96.6%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 44.7%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 44.7%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,640,396

CSS custom property--colour: #FDE98C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81054WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.21:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#021673

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE485no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEC90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDDD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.8 Navajo white · ΔE 21.7 Moccasin · ΔE 22.6 Wheat · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.75, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8CA0FD

Analogous#FDB08C, #D9FD8C

Triadic#8CFDE9, #E98CFD

Split complementary#8CD9FD, #B18CFD

Tetradic#8CFDB1, #8CA0FD, #FD8CD9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFCF0

Lighter +10%#FEF3BE

Darker −10%#FCDF5A

Darker −20%#FBD628

Darker −30%#ECC304

Darker −40%#BA9903

More saturated +25%#FFEA8A

Less saturated −25%#EEE09B

Channel breakdown

R253

G233

B140

Red253 (99.2%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue140 (54.9%)

Hue49.38°

Saturation (HSL)96.58%

Lightness77.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G E9 · B 8C

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