Colour

#FDF9EC

#FDF9EC
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Floral white

#FDF9EC is a yellow with RGB values 253, 249, 236 and HSL 46°, 81%, 96%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Floral white.

Colour values

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HEX#FDF9EC

RGBrgb(253, 249, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.9922, 0.9765, 0.9255

RGB percentages99.2%, 97.6%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(45.9, 81%, 95.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.9, 6.7%, 99.2%)

CMYK0%, 1.6%, 6.7%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,644,588

CSS custom property--colour: #FDF9EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.9469WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness248.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.94:1

Contrast with white1.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F9F9F9

Inverted#020613

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCF8EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDFAECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF7F5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Floral white · ΔE 1.6 Old lace · ΔE 2.1 Ivory · ΔE 2.5 Linen · ΔE 3.7 Sea shell · ΔE 3.8 Mint cream · ΔE 6.5

Nearest named CSS colourFloral white (#FFFAF0)ΔE 1.64, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ECF0FD

Analogous#FDF1EC, #F9FDEC

Triadic#ECFDF9, #F9ECFD

Split complementary#ECF9FD, #F0ECFD

Tetradic#ECFDF1, #ECF0FD, #FDECF9

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%#F8EABE

Darker −20%#F3DC90

Darker −30%#EECD62

Darker −40%#EABF33

More saturated +25%#FFFAEA

Less saturated −25%#FAF8EF

Channel breakdown

R253

G249

B236

Red253 (99.2%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue45.88°

Saturation (HSL)80.95%

Lightness95.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FD · G F9 · B EC

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Colour values

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