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#FDF190 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FDF190 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 #FDF190 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.

#FDF190 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #919EFD; it also sits naturally between #FDBA91 and #D3FD91. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FDF190 · RGB 253, 241, 144

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Color values

HEX#FDF190
RGB253, 241, 144
HSL53°, 96%, 78%
HSV53°, 43%, 99%
CMYK0%, 5%, 43%, 1%
XYZ77.00, 85.81, 38.89
Yxy85.81, 0.3818, 0.4254
CIE-Lab94.23, -9.02, 48.15
Hunter Lab92.63, -8.93, 36.25

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 95% · Blue 56%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 43% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FDF190 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FDF190 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FDF190

.text { color: #FDF190; }
.background { background-color: #FDF190; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDF190; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 241, 144); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(53, 96%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDF190; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 241, 144, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDF190; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 241, 144, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FDF190">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FDF190">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FDF190

#FCEB6E#FBE646#FBE123#F0D405#CDB504#AA9703#827303#5F5402#373101#141200

Tints of #FDF190

#FDF29B#FDF3A5#FDF4AA#FDF5B4#FEF6BE#FEF8C8#FEF9D2#FEFAD7#FEFBE1#FFFCEB

Tones of #FDF190

#F5EA99#EEE5A0#E6DFA8#DED9B0#D6D3B8#CFCDBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #919EFD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.16:1 Fails
Against black text18.16:1 AAA

Best text color on #FDF190: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FDF190

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 #FDF190: ·

How #FDF190 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F8F8A7Deuteranopia · #F9F9ADTritanopia · #FCBABE

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 · #CDDC39Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FDF190 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fcef91
#FCEF91 · #FB9E3A · #E6521F · #EA2F14
Palette 468432
#468432 · #9AD872 · #FFEF91 · #FFA02E
Palette 8ce4ff
#8CE4FF · #FEEE91 · #FFA239 · #FF5656
Palette C4e1f6
#C4E1F6 · #FEEE91 · #FFBD73 · #FF9D3D
Palette E2852e
#E2852E · #F5C857 · #FFEE91 · #ABE0F0
Palette Ffed8f
#FFED8F · #A7D46F · #359768 · #3C3352

Similar colors

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

#FCEF91#FFEF91#FEEE91#FFEE91#FFED8F#FFF591#FCF594#FFF78F#FFF78D#FAEB92#FCF596#FFF58A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FDF18F  ·  #FDF191 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDF190?

#FDF190 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 253, 241, 144). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDF190?

#FDF190 is RGB 253, 241, 144 — HSL 53°, 96%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 43%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDF190?

Its complement is #919EFD; analogous partners are #FDBA91 and #D3FD91. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDF190 for text?

Black text on #FDF190 has a contrast ratio of 18.16:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.16:1.