Information about Cumulus color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #FDFFD5 reads as a pure, full-strength golden yellow and radiates an almost-white brightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Cream (#FFFDD0). Slightly further away sit Light Goldenrod Yellow (#FAFAD2) and Warm Light (#FCF9D9).
In RGB terms — rgb(253, 255, 213) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 20.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.0:1. The name "Cumulus" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Cumulus color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Cumulus color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Cumulus color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Cumulus color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Cumulus color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Cumulus 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Cumulus color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Cumulus
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#FFFDD0
#FAFAD2
#FCF9D9
#FFF8D5
#FFF9D0
#FFF8D1
#FAF7D6
#FFFFCC
#FFFEDE
#FFFACD
#FEF6D1
#FBF6D9
Cumulus color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#FDFFD5
- RGB253, 255, 213
- CMYK1, 0, 16, 0
- CSSrgb(253, 255, 213)
- HSL63°, 100%, 92%
- HSL Precise62.857°, 100%, 91.765%
- HSV63°, 16%, 100%
- HSB63°, 16%, 100%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.992
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)1.000
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.835
- GLSLvec3(0.992, 1.000, 0.835)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.992, 1.000, 0.835, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.992, 1.000, 0.835)
- Percentage of Red in RGB99.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB100%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB83.5%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLuminous
- HEX IDFDFFD5
- DECIMAL ID16646101
- Name Length7
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- Counting from2025-01-01
