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Recognised as Colour

#FFFD9D

  • #FFFD9D
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#FFFD9D is a yellow with RGB values 255, 253, 157 and HSL 59°, 100%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFFD9D#FFFD9D
HEX#FFFD9D
RGBrgb(255, 253, 157)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.9922, 0.6157
RGB percentages100%, 99.2%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(58.8, 100%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.8, 38.4%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 0.8%, 38.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,776,605
CSS custom property--colour: #FFFD9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.93945WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness244.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.79:1
Contrast with white1.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F6F6F6
Inverted#000262

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFF696no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFFAA1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFF2E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.2 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 text19.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.3Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.4Lemon chiffon · ΔE 25Dark khaki · ΔE 25.5Moccasin · ΔE 25.7Navajo white · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D9FFF
Analogous#FFCC9D, #D0FF9D
Triadic#9DFFFD, #FD9DFF
Split complementary#9DD0FF, #CC9DFF
Tetradic#9DFFCC, #9D9FFF, #FF9DD0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFED0
Darker −10%#FFFC6A
Darker −20%#FFFB37
Darker −30%#FFFA04
Darker −40%#D0CC00
More saturated +25%#FFFD9D
Less saturated −25%#F3F1A9

Channel breakdown

R255
G253
B157
Red255 (100%)
Green253 (99.2%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue58.78°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G FD · B 9D

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