Recognised as Colour

#FDF8DA

#FDF8DA
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Cornsilk

#FDF8DA is a yellow with RGB values 253, 248, 218 and HSL 51°, 90%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornsilk.

Colour values

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HEX#FDF8DA

RGBrgb(253, 248, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9725, 0.8549

RGB percentages99.2%, 97.3%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(51.4, 89.7%, 92.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 13.8%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 2%, 13.8%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,644,314

CSS custom property--colour: #FDF8DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.93079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness246.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.62:1

Contrast with white1.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F7F7F7

Inverted#020725

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEF6D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF8DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF3EFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornsilk · ΔE 1.3 Light yellow · ΔE 2.8 Beige · ΔE 3.4 Papaya whip · ΔE 5 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 5.3 Blanched almond · ΔE 6.6

Nearest named CSS colourCornsilk (#FFF8DC)ΔE 1.26, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DADFFD

Analogous#FDE7DA, #F1FDDA

Triadic#DAFDF8, #F8DAFD

Split complementary#DAF1FD, #E6DAFD

Tetradic#DAFDE7, #DADFFD, #FDDAF1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFFF

Darker −10%#FAEFAA

Darker −20%#F8E679

Darker −30%#F5DD49

Darker −40%#F3D318

More saturated +25%#FFF9D8

Less saturated −25%#F8F5DF

Channel breakdown

R253

G248

B218

Red253 (99.2%)

Green248 (97.3%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue51.43°

Saturation (HSL)89.74%

Lightness92.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G F8 · B DA

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