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#FDD67B — Light Vivid Yellow

#FDD67B is a yellow color we call Light Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #FDD67B when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#FDD67B is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #7CA3FD; it also sits naturally between #FD967C and #E3FD7C. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FDD67B · RGB 253, 214, 123

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Color values

HEX#FDD67B
RGB253, 214, 123
HSL42°, 97%, 74%
HSV42°, 51%, 99%
CMYK0%, 15%, 51%, 1%
XYZ68.13, 70.41, 28.74
Yxy70.41, 0.4073, 0.4209
CIE-Lab87.20, 2.67, 49.63
Hunter Lab83.91, 2.62, 35.16

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 84% · Blue 48%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 15% · Yellow 51% · Key 1%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #FDD67B on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FDD67B on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FDD67B

.text { color: #FDD67B; }
.background { background-color: #FDD67B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDD67B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 214, 123); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(42, 97%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDD67B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 214, 123, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDD67B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 214, 123, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FDD67B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FDD67B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FDD67B

#FCCC59#FCC136#FBB613#E7A304#C48A03#A17102#7E5802#5A4001#372701#140E00

Tints of #FDD67B

#FDDA86#FDDD90#FEE1A0#FEE4AA#FEE8B4#FEEBBE#FEEEC8#FEF3D7#FFF6E1#FFF9EB

Tones of #FDD67B

#F4D386#EACF8F#E1CB98#D9C8A1#CFC4AA#C6C0B3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7CA3FD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.39:1 Fails
Against black text15.08:1 AAA

Best text color on #FDD67B: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FDD67B

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #FDD67B: ·

How #FDD67B looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #ECEC91Deuteranopia · #EEF196Tritanopia · #FBA2A6

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FDD67B rather than the exact color:

Palette 3674b5
#3674B5 · #578FCA · #F5F0CD · #FADA7A
Palette Fce7c8
#FCE7C8 · #B1C29E · #FADA7A · #F0A04B
Palette B1f0f7
#B1F0F7 · #81BFDA · #F5F0CD · #FADA7A
Palette 003285
#003285 · #2A629A · #FF7F3E · #FFDA78
Palette Ffa45b
#FFA45B · #FFDA77 · #FBF6F0 · #AEE6E6
Palette B4d6cd
#B4D6CD · #FFDA76 · #FF8C9E · #FF4E88

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#FADA7A#FFDA78#FFDA77#FFDA76#F7D87F#FFDC7F#FFDE7D#F6D776#F9DE79#F7DD7D#FFCF81#FFD384

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FDD67A  ·  #FDD67C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDD67B?

#FDD67B is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 253, 214, 123). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDD67B?

#FDD67B is RGB 253, 214, 123 — HSL 42°, 97%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 15%, 51%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDD67B?

Its complement is #7CA3FD; analogous partners are #FD967C and #E3FD7C. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDD67B for text?

Black text on #FDD67B has a contrast ratio of 15.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.39:1.