Recognised as Colour

#FDE98E

#FDE98E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FDE98E is a yellow with RGB values 253, 233, 142 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

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HEX#FDE98E

RGBrgb(253, 233, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9137, 0.5569

RGB percentages99.2%, 91.4%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(49.2, 96.5%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 43.9%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 43.9%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,640,398

CSS custom property--colour: #FDE98E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.22:1

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

Contrast with black17.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#021671

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE587no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEC92no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDDD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.4 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 text17.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.5 Navajo white · ΔE 20.8 Moccasin · ΔE 21.6 Wheat · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.49, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8EA2FD

Analogous#FDB18E, #DAFD8E

Triadic#8EFDE9, #E98EFD

Split complementary#8EDAFD, #B18EFD

Tetradic#8EFDB1, #8EA2FD, #FD8EDA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFDF2

Lighter +10%#FEF3C0

Darker −10%#FCDF5C

Darker −20%#FBD52A

Darker −30%#EEC404

Darker −40%#BC9A03

More saturated +25%#FFEA8C

Less saturated −25%#EFE09C

Channel breakdown

R253

G233

B142

Red253 (99.2%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue49.19°

Saturation (HSL)96.52%

Lightness77.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G E9 · B 8E

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