Close to Light Yellow

#FDFFDC

#FDFFDC is a very light, vivid yellow, close to the color Light Yellow. In RGB it’s made of 99.2% red, 100% green, and 86.3% blue. Its hue is 63°, with 100% saturation and 93% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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White text on this color

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Black text on this color

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This color as text on black

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How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #FDFFDC as they’d see it.

Typical vision#FDFFDC
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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Questions about #FDFFDC

What color is #FDFFDC?

#FDFFDC is a very light, vivid yellow, close to the color Light Yellow. In RGB it’s made of 99.2% red, 100% green, and 86.3% blue. Its hue is 63°, with 100% saturation and 93% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #FDFFDC in RGB?

#FDFFDC is rgb(253, 255, 220): 253 red, 255 green, and 220 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #FDFFDC in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(1, 0, 14, 0). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #FDFFDC?

PANTONE 475 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #FDFFDC?

Its complement #FCFCFF gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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