Colour

#FDE994

#FDE994
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FDE994 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 233, 148 and HSL 49°, 96%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FDE994#FDE994

HEX#FDE994

RGBrgb(253, 233, 148)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9137, 0.5804

RGB percentages99.2%, 91.4%, 58%

HSLhsl(48.6, 96.3%, 78.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 41.5%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 41.5%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,640,404

CSS custom property--colour: #FDE994;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81299WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.26:1

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

Contrast with black17.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#02166B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9E58Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEEC97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDDD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.1 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 text17.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.1 Navajo white · ΔE 18.1 Moccasin · ΔE 18.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.8 Wheat · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.95, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#94A8FD

Analogous#FDB494, #DDFD94

Triadic#94FDE9, #E994FD

Split complementary#94DDFD, #B494FD

Tetradic#94FDB4, #94A8FD, #FD94DD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFEF8

Lighter +10%#FEF3C6

Darker −10%#FCDF62

Darker −20%#FBD430

Darker −30%#F3C605

Darker −40%#C19D04

More saturated +25%#FFEA92

Less saturated −25%#EFE1A2

Channel breakdown

R253

G233

B148

Red253 (99.2%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue148 (58%)

Hue48.57°

Saturation (HSL)96.33%

Lightness78.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G E9 · B 94

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