#FFFDCD

sRGB: 255 / 253 / 205

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Unbridled forces illuminate forgotten empires
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#FFFDCD belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 253 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 57.6° lands in the yellow region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 90.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (20.18:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 253, 205
HSL: 57.60°, 100.00%, 90.20%
HSV / HSB: 57.60°, 19.61%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.78%, 19.61%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 87.381, 95.919, 71.671
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 98.400, -6.922, 23.277
WCAG relative luminance: 0.95918
24-bit decimal: 16776653

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #FFFDCD in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 20.18:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.04:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#CDCFFF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFFDCD on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#FFFDCD #CDCFFF

Analogous

#FFE4CD and #E8FFCD sit 30° to either side of #FFFDCD. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#FFE4CD #FFFDCD #E8FFCD

Triadic

#FFFDCD, #CDFFFD and #FDCDFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFFDCD #CDFFFD #FDCDFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFFDCD and look across the wheel. #CDE8FF and #E4CDFF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFFDCD #CDE8FF #E4CDFF

Square

Starting with #FFFDCD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CDFFE4, #CDCFFF, then #FFCDE8. Across the square, #FFFDCD pairs with #CDCFFF, and #CDFFE4 with #FFCDE8.

#FFFDCD #CDFFE4 #CDCFFF #FFCDE8

Tetradic

#FFFDCD and #CDCFFF are opposites, as are #CFFFCD and #FDCDFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFFDCD #CFFFCD #CDCFFF #FDCDFF

Tints

Mixing #FFFDCD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFFDD7, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFFFF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFFDCD #FFFDD7 #FFFEE1 #FFFEEB #FFFFF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFFDCD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCCAA4, keeps 80% of the original. By #333329, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFFDCD #CCCAA4 #99987B #666552 #333329 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFFDCD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6E4BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #99998F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFFDCD #E6E4BE #CCCBAE #B3B29F #99998F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#FFFDCD

RGB

rgb(255 253 205)

HSL

hsl(57.600 100.000% 90.196%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFFDCD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFFDCD uses 255 red, 253 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 99.2%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFFDCD is 0.0% cyan, 0.8% magenta, 19.6% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 0.8%

Yellow 19.6%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFFFCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FFC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FFFDCD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFFFCC Nearest web-safe: #FFFFCC

Gradient to complement

#FFFDCD #F7F5D5 #EEEEDE #E6E6E6 #DEDEEE #D5D7F7 #CDCFFF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFFDCD appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#FFF9CA

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#FFFCCF

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FFF7F0

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FFFBCC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FFFCCE

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FFFBDB

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#FAFAFA

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#FDFCE5

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 1.00000 G 0.98225 B 0.61050

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.99861 G 0.99242 B 0.82329

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.99685 G 0.98284 B 0.64406

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.343 y 0.376 Y 95.919

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 0.000 M % 0.784 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11111111 11111101 11001101