Recognised as Colour

#FDF96A

#FDF96A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FDF96A is a yellow with RGB values 253, 249, 106 and HSL 58°, 97%, 70%. 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

#FDF96A#FDF96A

HEX#FDF96A

RGBrgb(253, 249, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9765, 0.4157

RGB percentages99.2%, 97.6%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(58.4, 97.4%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.4, 58.1%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 1.6%, 58.1%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,644,458

CSS custom property--colour: #FDF96A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89675WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness238.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.93:1

Contrast with white1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0

Inverted#020695

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF05Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF672no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEADAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.7 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 text18.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 24.1 Gold · ΔE 25.9 Yellow · ΔE 27.7 Yellow green · ΔE 29.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 35.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 24.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A6EFD

Analogous#FDB06A, #B7FD6A

Triadic#6AFDF9, #F96AFD

Split complementary#6AB7FD, #B06AFD

Tetradic#6AFDB0, #6A6EFD, #FD6AB7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFDCF

Lighter +10%#FEFB9C

Darker −10%#FCF738

Darker −20%#FCF505

Darker −30%#CBC603

Darker −40%#999502

More saturated +25%#FFFB68

Less saturated −25%#EAE77D

Channel breakdown

R253

G249

B106

Red253 (99.2%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue58.37°

Saturation (HSL)97.35%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G F9 · B 6A

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