Recognised as Colour

#FDF5A0

#FDF5A0
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FDF5A0 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 245, 160 and HSL 55°, 96%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FDF5A0#FDF5A0

HEX#FDF5A0

RGBrgb(253, 245, 160)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9608, 0.6275

RGB percentages99.2%, 96.1%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(54.8, 95.9%, 81%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.8, 36.8%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 3.2%, 36.8%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,643,488

CSS custom property--colour: #FDF5A0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88726WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness239.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.75:1

Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F1F1F1

Inverted#020A5F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFEF9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF4A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEAE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.9 Moccasin · ΔE 19.9 Navajo white · ΔE 20.2 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 20.2 Wheat · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A0A8FD

Analogous#FDC6A0, #D6FDA0

Triadic#A0FDF5, #F5A0FD

Split complementary#A0D6FD, #C6A0FD

Tetradic#A0FDC7, #A0A8FD, #FDA0D7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFAD2

Darker −10%#FCF06E

Darker −20%#FBEA3C

Darker −30%#FAE50A

Darker −40%#CDBB04

More saturated +25%#FFF79E

Less saturated −25%#F1EBAC

Channel breakdown

R253

G245

B160

Red253 (99.2%)

Green245 (96.1%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue54.84°

Saturation (HSL)95.88%

Lightness80.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G F5 · B A0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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