Recognised as Colour

#FDF99D

#FDF99D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FDF99D is a yellow with RGB values 253, 249, 157 and HSL 57°, 96%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FDF99D#FDF99D

HEX#FDF99D

RGBrgb(253, 249, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9765, 0.6157

RGB percentages99.2%, 97.6%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(57.5, 96%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.5, 37.9%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 1.6%, 37.9%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,644,509

CSS custom property--colour: #FDF99D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.91068WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness241.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.21:1

Contrast with white1.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F3F3F3

Inverted#020662

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF296no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF7A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEEE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.3 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 23.3 Moccasin · ΔE 23.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.8 Navajo white · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.66, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9DA1FD

Analogous#FDC99D, #D1FD9D

Triadic#9DFDF9, #F99DFD

Split complementary#9DD1FD, #C99DFD

Tetradic#9DFDC9, #9DA1FD, #FD9DD1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFCCF

Darker −10%#FCF66B

Darker −20%#FBF339

Darker −30%#FAF007

Darker −40%#CAC204

More saturated +25%#FFFB9B

Less saturated −25%#F1EEAA

Channel breakdown

R253

G249

B157

Red253 (99.2%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue57.5°

Saturation (HSL)96%

Lightness80.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G F9 · B 9D

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Colour harmonies

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