Information about #FDF8E1 color

#FDF8E1 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#FDF8E1 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Luminous brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(253, 248, 225) — 99.2% red, 97.3% green, 88.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 2 / 11 / 1. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #FDF8E1 reads as a maximally vivid golden yellow and is nearly as bright as white. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Very Pale Amber (#FFF8E2). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Gin Fizz (#FFF9E2) and Double Bianca (#FFF5E1).

In RGB terms — rgb(253, 248, 225) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #FDF8E1: 19.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.1:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #FDF8E1 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#FDF8E1 color variations

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

#FDF8E1 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 #FDF8E1

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

Gin Fizz color link
Gin Fizz

#FFF9E2

Soft Cream color link
Soft Cream

#F9F9E0

Cornsilk color link
Cornsilk

#FFF8DC

Gheist color link
Gheist

#FBF8E6

Promenade color link
Promenade

#F8F6DF

Old Lace color link
Old Lace

#FDF5E6

Cosmic Latte color link
Cosmic Latte

#FFF8E7

Warm White color link
Warm White

#FDF4DC

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#FDF8E1
  • RGB253, 248, 225
  • CMYK0, 2, 11, 1
  • CSSrgb(253, 248, 225)
  • HSL49°, 88%, 94%
  • HSL Precise49.286°, 87.5%, 93.725%
  • HSV49°, 11%, 99%
  • HSB49°, 11%, 99%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.992
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.973
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.882
  • GLSLvec3(0.992, 0.973, 0.882)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.992, 0.973, 0.882, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.992, 0.973, 0.882)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB99.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB97.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB88.2%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLuminous
  • HEX IDFDF8E1
  • DECIMAL ID16644321
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01