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Information about #FDE281 color

#FDE281 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#FDE281 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(253, 226, 129) — 99.2% red, 88.6% green, 50.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 11 / 49 / 1. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #FDE281 reads as a maximally vivid yellow and appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Luminous Yellow (#FEE37F). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Jasmine (#F8DE7E) and Sun Yellow (#FFE87C).

In RGB terms — rgb(253, 226, 129) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #FDE281: 16.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.3:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #FDE281 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#FDE281 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#FDE281 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #FDE281

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Jasmine color link
Jasmine

#F8DE7E

Sun Yellow color link
Sun Yellow

#FFE87C

Sweet Corn color link
Sweet Corn

#F9E176

Golden Glow color link
Golden Glow

#F9D77E

La Luna color link
La Luna

#FFD87A

Salomie color link
Salomie

#FFD67B

Moonbeam color link
Moonbeam

#F2E289

Sahara Sand color link
Sahara Sand

#F1E788

Warm Yellow color link
Warm Yellow

#F4E98C

Flavescent color link
Flavescent

#F7E98E

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#FDE281
  • RGB253, 226, 129
  • CMYK0, 11, 49, 1
  • CSSrgb(253, 226, 129)
  • HSL47°, 97%, 75%
  • HSL Precise46.935°, 96.875%, 74.902%
  • HSV47°, 49%, 99%
  • HSB47°, 49%, 99%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.992
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.886
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.506
  • GLSLvec3(0.992, 0.886, 0.506)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.992, 0.886, 0.506, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.992, 0.886, 0.506)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB99.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB88.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB50.6%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDFDE281
  • DECIMAL ID16638593
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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