Recognised as Colour

#EDD78A

#EDD78A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDD78A is a yellow with RGB values 237, 215, 138 and HSL 47°, 73%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#EDD78A

RGBrgb(237, 215, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8431, 0.5412

RGB percentages92.9%, 84.3%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(46.7, 73.3%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.7, 41.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 9.3%, 41.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,587,210

CSS custom property--colour: #EDD78A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6844WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.69:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#122875

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6D484no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECDB8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FBCCC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.2 Navajo white · ΔE 14.9 Moccasin · ΔE 16.2 Burlywood · ΔE 17.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.57, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8AA0ED

Analogous#EDA68A, #D2ED8A

Triadic#8AEDD7, #D78AED

Split complementary#8AD2ED, #A68AED

Tetradic#8AEDA5, #8AA0ED, #ED8AD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF5E2

Lighter +10%#F4E6B6

Darker −10%#E6C85E

Darker −20%#DFB932

Darker −30%#C09C1E

Darker −40%#947817

More saturated +25%#FEE079

Less saturated −25%#DCCE9B

Channel breakdown

R237

G215

B138

Red237 (92.9%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue46.67°

Saturation (HSL)73.33%

Lightness73.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G D7 · B 8A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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