Colour

#FDED8D

#FDED8D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FDED8D is a yellow with RGB values 253, 237, 141 and HSL 51°, 97%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FDED8D#FDED8D

HEX#FDED8D

RGBrgb(253, 237, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9294, 0.5529

RGB percentages99.2%, 92.9%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(51.4, 96.6%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 44.3%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 44.3%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,641,421

CSS custom property--colour: #FDED8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83374WCAG 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 17.67:1

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

Contrast with black17.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#021272

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDE885no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEE91no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE1D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.3 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 text17.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.8 Navajo white · ΔE 23.5 Moccasin · ΔE 24.1 Wheat · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.68, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8D9DFD

Analogous#FDB58D, #D5FD8D

Triadic#8DFDED, #ED8DFD

Split complementary#8DD5FD, #B58DFD

Tetradic#8DFDB5, #8D9DFD, #FD8DD5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFDF1

Lighter +10%#FEF5BF

Darker −10%#FCE55B

Darker −20%#FBDD29

Darker −30%#EDCC04

Darker −40%#BBA103

More saturated +25%#FFEE8B

Less saturated −25%#EFE39C

Channel breakdown

R253

G237

B141

Red253 (99.2%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue51.43°

Saturation (HSL)96.55%

Lightness77.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G ED · B 8D

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