Colour

#FDF609

#FDF609
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#FDF609 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 246, 9 and HSL 58°, 98%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#FDF609#FDF609

HEX#FDF609

RGBrgb(253, 246, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9647, 0.0353

RGB percentages99.2%, 96.5%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(58.3, 98.4%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.3, 96.4%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 2.8%, 96.4%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,643,593

CSS custom property--colour: #FDF609;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.86814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.36:1

Contrast with white1.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#0209F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFEC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF331no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE5D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83 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 text18.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 5 Gold · ΔE 18.5 Green yellow · ΔE 36 Yellow green · ΔE 37 Goldenrod · ΔE 42.5 Khaki · ΔE 48

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 5.01, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0910FD

Analogous#FD7C09, #8AFD09

Triadic#09FDF6, #F609FD

Split complementary#098AFD, #7C09FD

Tetradic#09FD7C, #0910FD, #FD098A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFDD3

Lighter +30%#FEFCA1

Lighter +20%#FEFA6E

Lighter +10%#FDF83C

Darker −10%#D1CB02

Darker −20%#9F9A01

Darker −30%#6C6901

Darker −40%#3A3800

More saturated +25%#FFF807

Less saturated −25%#DED928

Channel breakdown

R253

G246

Red253 (99.2%)

Green246 (96.5%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue58.28°

Saturation (HSL)98.39%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G F6 · B 09

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