Colour
#FDF9EA
- #FDF9EA
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Old lace
#FDF9EA is a yellow with RGB values 253, 249, 234 and HSL 47°, 83%, 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
#FDF9EA#FDF9EA
HEX#FDF9EA
RGBrgb(253, 249, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9765, 0.9176
RGB percentages99.2%, 97.6%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(47.4, 82.6%, 95.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.4, 7.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK0%, 1.6%, 7.5%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,644,586
CSS custom property--colour: #FDF9EA;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.94575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness248.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.91:1
Contrast with white1.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F9F9F9
Inverted#020615
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#EAEEFD
Analogous#FDEFEA, #F7FDEA
Triadic#EAFDF9, #F9EAFD
Split complementary#EAF7FD, #EFEAFD
Tetradic#EAFDEF, #EAEEFD, #FDEAF8
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R253
G249
B234
Red253 (99.2%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue47.37°
Saturation (HSL)82.61%
Lightness95.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FD · G F9 · B EA
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