Recognised as Colour

#FDEAA8

#FDEAA8
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FDEAA8 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 234, 168 and HSL 47°, 96%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#FDEAA8

RGBrgb(253, 234, 168)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9176, 0.6588

RGB percentages99.2%, 91.8%, 65.9%

HSLhsl(46.6, 95.5%, 82.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.6, 33.6%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.5%, 33.6%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,640,680

CSS custom property--colour: #FDEAA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82555WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.51:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#021557

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8E7A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDEDAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.9 Moccasin · ΔE 9.8 Navajo white · ΔE 10.1 Wheat · ΔE 11.9 Khaki · ΔE 12.4 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 13.4

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.85, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A8BBFD

Analogous#FDBFA8, #E6FDA8

Triadic#A8FDEA, #EAA8FD

Split complementary#A8E6FD, #BFA8FD

Tetradic#A8FDBF, #A8BBFD, #FDA8E6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEF6DA

Darker −10%#FCDE76

Darker −20%#FBD244

Darker −30%#FAC612

Darker −40%#D4A605

More saturated +25%#FFEBA6

Less saturated −25%#F2E4B3

Channel breakdown

R253

G234

B168

Red253 (99.2%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue168 (65.9%)

Hue46.59°

Saturation (HSL)95.51%

Lightness82.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G EA · B A8

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Colour values

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