#FDD835

Material yellow 600

#FDD835 is a yellow colour. In RGB it is 253 red, 216 green and 53 blue, which converts to a hue of 49 degrees, 98% saturation and 60% lightness. It is Material yellow 600 in that design system's palette.

Color values

HEX	#FDD835
RGB	rgb(253, 216, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 98%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 79%, 1%)

Contrast and accessibility

Against white the contrast ratio is 1.4:1, and against black it is 15.05:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text.

Background	Ratio	Normal text	Large text
White	1.4:1	Fail	Fail
Black	15.05:1	AAA	AAA

Tints and shades

Lighter tints move #FDD835 toward white, and darker shades move it toward black.

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Complementary

#355AFD

Analogous

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Split complementary

Code

CSS	color: #FDD835;
CSS rgb()	color: rgb(253 216 53);
Tailwind	bg-[#fdd835]
SwiftUI	Color(red: 0.992, green: 0.847, blue: 0.208)
Android	Color.parseColor("#FDD835")

Closest named color

The nearest CSS colour keyword to #FDD835 is gold (#FFD700).