#fdd50c Color Information

#fdd50c Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #fdd50c. In RGB, it consists of 99.2% Red, 83.5% Green, and 4.7% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 15.8% Magenta, 95.3% Yellow, and 0.8% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 50.0°, with saturation of 98.4% and lightness of 52%. The decimal value for #fdd50c is 16635148, and its nearest "web safe" color is #ffcc00. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #fdd50c is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is yellow. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is yellow.
  • HexHex code for this color#fdd50c Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color253, 213, 12 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color99.2%, 83.5%, 4.7% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.008, 0.165, 0.953 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0, 0.158, 0.953, 0.008 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color50.0°, 98.4%, 52.0% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color50.0°, 95.3%, 99.2% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color64.369, 68.498, 10.177 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color60, 253, 12 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code16635148 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color86.255, -1.668, 85.538 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)86.255, 85.554, 91.117 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color86.255, 35.393, 90.750 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color82.763, -6.009, 50.644 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.450, 0.479, 68.498 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4294825228 / 0xfffdd50c Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#ffcc00 Copy
Last Updated: December 4, 2024

Shades of #fdd50c

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #fdd50c, its pure hue is 50.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 98.4%, and its lightness is 52.0%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #fdd50c, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #201b02 to #ddba0b.

Tints of #fdd50c

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #fdd50c, its pure hue is 50.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 98.4%, and its lightness is 52.0%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #fdd50c, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #fdda2a to #fffae1.

Tones of #fdd50c

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #fdd50c, its pure hue is 50.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 98.4%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #fdd50c, which range from #858585 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #ffd60a (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #fdd50c

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #fdd50c! For #fdd50c, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #fdd50c. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #fdd50c

This color, #fdd50c, consists of 99.2% Red, 83.5% Green, and 4.7% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 253, Green = 213, Blue = 12. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #fdd50c is 0% Cyan, 15.8% Magenta, 95.3% Yellow, and 0.8% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R99.2%
C0.0%
G83.5%
M15.8%
B4.7%
Y95.3%
K0.8%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 253 213 12
Octal 375 325 14
Hexa #fd #d5 #0c
Binary 11111101 11010101 00001100
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 15 95 0
Octal 0 17 137 0
Hexa #00 #0f #5f #00
Binary 00000000 00001111 01011111 00000000

Analogous Colors of #fdd50c

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #fdd50c — which has hue 50.0° — its analogous colors are located at 20.0° and 80.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #fdd50c.

Triadic Colors of #fdd50c

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #fdd50c — which has hue 50.0° — its triadic colors are located at 50.0° and 290.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #fdd50c.

Complementary Color of #fdd50c

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #fdd50c — which has hue 50.0° — its complementary color is located at 230.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #fdd50c.

Split Complementary Colors of #fdd50c

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #fdd50c — which has hue 50.0° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 50.0° and 260.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #fdd50c.

Tetradic Colors of #fdd50c

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #fdd50c — which has hue 50.0° — its tetradic colors are located at 320.0°, 50.0°, 140.0°, and 230.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #fdd50c.

Monochromatic Colors of #fdd50c

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #fdd50c, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #8d7602 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #ffea85 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #fdd50c

We want to make getting started with #fdd50c on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #fdd50c into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #fdd50c can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #fdd50c with other HTML elements.

#fdd50c Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #fdd50c.
<span style="color: #fdd50c;">The color of this text is #fdd50c.</span>

#fdd50c Background Color

The background color for this text is #fdd50c.
<div style="background-color: #fdd50c; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #fdd50c.</div>

#fdd50c Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #fdd50c.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #fdd50c;">This color for the shadow of this text is #fdd50c.</span>

#fdd50c Border Color

This is a div with border color #fdd50c.
<div style="border: #fdd50c 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #fdd50c.</div>

#fdd50c Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #fdd50c on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #fdd50c; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #fdd50c on a white background.</div></div>

#fdd50c Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #fdd50c on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #fdd50c; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #fdd50c on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #fdd50c to White

This is a gradient from #fdd50c to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#fdd50c,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#fdd50c,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#fdd50c,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#fdd50c,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #fdd50c to white.</div>

Gradient from #fdd50c to Black

This is a gradient from #fdd50c to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#fdd50c,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#fdd50c,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#fdd50c,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#fdd50c,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #fdd50c to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #fdd50c

In addition to using #fdd50c on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #fdd50c in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #fdd50c, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 253, Green = 213, Blue = 12). If you need details about the color coordinates of #fdd50c in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #fdd50c
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(253, 213, 12)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #fdd50c; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #fdd50c; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #fdd50c; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(253, 213, 12);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#fdd50c")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:253, green:213, blue:12, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:253 green:213 blue:12 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(253f, 213f, 12f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(253, 213, 12);
 

#fdd50c Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #fdd50c the same way. For those with color blindness, #fdd50c might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #fdd50c looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #fdd50c is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #fdd50c looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #fdd50c will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #fdd50c is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 1.4:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
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