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#fdfd96 Pastel Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#fdfd96 (Pastel Yellow) is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 99.22% red, 99.22% green and 58.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 40.71% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 96.26% saturation and 79.02% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 19.67:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#ffff99
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Relative luminance0.9334

Complementary

  1. #fdfd96
  2. #9696fd

Split complementary

  1. #fdfd96
  2. #96cafd
  3. #ca96fd

Analogous

  1. #fdca96
  2. #fdfd96
  3. #cafd96

Triadic

  1. #fdfd96
  2. #96fdfd
  3. #fd96fd

Tetradic

  1. #fdfd96
  2. #96fd96
  3. #9696fd
  4. #fd96fd

Square

  1. #fdfd96
  2. #96fdca
  3. #9696fd
  4. #fd96ca

Monochromatic

  1. #f5f505
  2. #fcfc4b
  3. #fdfd96
  4. #fefee1
  5. #ffffeb

Shades

#fdfd96 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fdfd96
  2. #e4e487
  3. #caca78
  4. #b1b169
  5. #98985a
  6. #7f7f4b
  7. #65653c
  8. #4c4c2d
  9. #33331e
  10. #19190f
  11. #000000

Tints

#fdfd96 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fdfd96
  2. #fdfda1
  3. #fdfdab
  4. #fefeb6
  5. #fefec0
  6. #fefecb
  7. #fefed5
  8. #fefee0
  9. #ffffea
  10. #fffff5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fdfd96 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fdfd96
  2. #f1f194
  3. #e4e492
  4. #d8d88f
  5. #cbcb8d
  6. #bfbf8b
  7. #b2b289
  8. #a6a687
  9. #999984
  10. #8d8d82
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 19.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #f7f7f7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #fafad7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fff58e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fff99b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fff1e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fff891 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fffb99 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fff6ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fdfd96 {
  color: #fdfd96;
}
Background
.bg-fdfd96 {
  background-color: #fdfd96;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fdfd96 {
  border: 2px solid #fdfd96;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fdfd96;
  --color-primary-rgb: 253 253 150;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 96% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fdfd96 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fdfd96, #cafd96);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fdfd96 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(253 253 150 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 5.29 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 5.88 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 6.32 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 7.85 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.95 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 8.02 #020269 Inverted #f7f7f7 Grayscale 

Pastel Yellow
#fdfd96  rgb(253, 253, 150)  hsl(60, 96%, 79%)  Pastel Yellow
#9696fd  rgb(150, 150, 253)  hsl(240, 96%, 79%)  Cornflower Blue
#96fdfd  rgb(150, 253, 253)  hsl(180, 96%, 79%)  Electric Blue
#fd96fd  rgb(253, 150, 253)  hsl(300, 96%, 79%)  Violet