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Recognised as Colour

#FDF879

  • #FDF879
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#FDF879 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 248, 121 and HSL 58°, 97%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FDF879#FDF879
HEX#FDF879
RGBrgb(253, 248, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9725, 0.4745
RGB percentages99.2%, 97.3%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(57.7, 97.1%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(57.7, 52.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK0%, 2%, 52.2%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,644,217
CSS custom property--colour: #FDF879;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness238.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.88:1
Contrast with white1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0
Inverted#020786

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFF06Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF57Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FFEADBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17.5Gold · ΔE 30.5Yellow green · ΔE 30.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 31Dark khaki · ΔE 31.5Yellow · ΔE 34.5
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#797EFD
Analogous#FDB679, #C0FD79
Triadic#79FDF8, #F879FD
Split complementary#79C0FD, #B679FD
Tetradic#79FDB6, #797EFD, #FD79C0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFDDE
Lighter +10%#FEFBAB
Darker −10%#FCF547
Darker −20%#FCF315
Darker −30%#DAD203
Darker −40%#A8A102
More saturated +25%#FFFA77
Less saturated −25%#ECE88A

Channel breakdown

R253
G248
B121
Red253 (99.2%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue57.73°
Saturation (HSL)97.06%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FD · G F8 · B 79

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