Recognised as Colour

#FDF9E8

#FDF9E8
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Old lace

#FDF9E8 is a yellow with RGB values 253, 249, 232 and HSL 49°, 84%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Old lace.

Colour values

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HEX#FDF9E8

RGBrgb(253, 249, 232)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9765, 0.9098

RGB percentages99.2%, 97.6%, 91%

HSLhsl(48.6, 84%, 95.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 8.3%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 1.6%, 8.3%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,644,584

CSS custom property--colour: #FDF9E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.9446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness248.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.89:1

Contrast with white1.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F9F9F9

Inverted#020617

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDF8E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEF9E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF6F4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Old lace · ΔE 2 Ivory · ΔE 2.6 Floral white · ΔE 3.6 Beige · ΔE 4.7 Linen · ΔE 4.8 Sea shell · ΔE 5.5

Nearest named CSS colourOld lace (#FDF5E6)ΔE 2.04, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E8ECFD

Analogous#FDEEE8, #F6FDE8

Triadic#E8FDF9, #F9E8FD

Split complementary#E8F6FD, #EEE8FD

Tetradic#E8FDEE, #E8ECFD, #FDE8F6

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%#F9EDB9

Darker −20%#F5E18A

Darker −30%#F1D45B

Darker −40%#EDC82C

More saturated +25%#FFFAE6

Less saturated −25%#FAF7EB

Channel breakdown

R253

G249

B232

Red253 (99.2%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue232 (91%)

Hue48.57°

Saturation (HSL)84%

Lightness95.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G F9 · B E8

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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