Recognised as Colour

#FDEC96

#FDEC96
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FDEC96 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 236, 150 and HSL 50°, 96%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FDEC96#FDEC96

HEX#FDEC96

RGBrgb(253, 236, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9255, 0.5882

RGB percentages99.2%, 92.5%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(50.1, 96.3%, 79%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 40.7%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 40.7%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,641,174

CSS custom property--colour: #FDEC96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83076WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.62:1

Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#021369

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCE78Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEE99no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13 Navajo white · ΔE 18.9 Moccasin · ΔE 19.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.4 Wheat · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.29, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#96A7FD

Analogous#FDB996, #DBFD96

Triadic#96FDEC, #EC96FD

Split complementary#96DBFD, #B896FD

Tetradic#96FDB9, #96A7FD, #FD96DB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFEFA

Lighter +10%#FEF5C8

Darker −10%#FCE364

Darker −20%#FBDA32

Darker −30%#F5CE05

Darker −40%#C3A404

More saturated +25%#FFED94

Less saturated −25%#F0E3A3

Channel breakdown

R253

G236

B150

Red253 (99.2%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue50.1°

Saturation (HSL)96.26%

Lightness79.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G EC · B 96

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

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