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Recognised as Colour

#FDF29F

  • #FDF29F
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#FDF29F is a yellow with RGB values 253, 242, 159 and HSL 53°, 96%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FDF29F#FDF29F
HEX#FDF29F
RGBrgb(253, 242, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.949, 0.6235
RGB percentages99.2%, 94.9%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(53, 95.9%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53, 37.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK0%, 4.3%, 37.2%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,642,719
CSS custom property--colour: #FDF29F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8689WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.38:1
Contrast with white1.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EEEEEE
Inverted#020D60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFED99no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF2A2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE7DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.7Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11Moccasin · ΔE 18.5Navajo white · ΔE 18.7Lemon chiffon · ΔE 19.6Wheat · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FAAFD
Analogous#FDC39F, #D9FD9F
Triadic#9FFDF2, #F29FFD
Split complementary#9FD9FD, #C39FFD
Tetradic#9FFDC3, #9FAAFD, #FD9FD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FEF9D1
Darker −10%#FCEB6D
Darker −20%#FBE43B
Darker −30%#FADE09
Darker −40%#CCB404
More saturated +25%#FFF49D
Less saturated −25%#F1E9AB

Channel breakdown

R253
G242
B159
Red253 (99.2%)
Green242 (94.9%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue52.98°
Saturation (HSL)95.92%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FD · G F2 · B 9F

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