Colour

#FDECAA

#FDECAA
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FDECAA is a yellow with RGB values 253, 236, 170 and HSL 48°, 95%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FDECAA#FDECAA

HEX#FDECAA

RGBrgb(253, 236, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9255, 0.6667

RGB percentages99.2%, 92.5%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(47.7, 95.4%, 82.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.7, 32.8%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 32.8%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,641,194

CSS custom property--colour: #FDECAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83776WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness234.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.76:1

Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB

Inverted#021355

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9E9A5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEEEACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE2DBno 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 text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.3 Moccasin · ΔE 10.1 Navajo white · ΔE 10.6 Wheat · ΔE 12.1 Khaki · ΔE 12.4 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.8

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AABBFD

Analogous#FDC2AA, #E5FDAA

Triadic#AAFDEC, #ECAAFD

Split complementary#AAE5FD, #C3AAFD

Tetradic#AAFDC2, #AABBFD, #FDAAE4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEF7DC

Darker −10%#FCE178

Darker −20%#FBD646

Darker −30%#F9CB15

Darker −40%#D6AB05

More saturated +25%#FFEDA8

Less saturated −25%#F2E6B5

Channel breakdown

R253

G236

B170

Red253 (99.2%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue47.71°

Saturation (HSL)95.4%

Lightness82.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G EC · B AA

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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