Colour

#EDD860

#EDD860
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDD860 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 216, 96 and HSL 51°, 80%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#EDD860

RGBrgb(237, 216, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8471, 0.3765

RGB percentages92.9%, 84.7%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(51.1, 79.7%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 59.5%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 59.5%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,587,424

CSS custom property--colour: #EDD860;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67961WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.59:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#12279F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD353no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DA66no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#FECABEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.7 Gold · ΔE 27.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 29.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6075ED

Analogous#ED9260, #BCED60

Triadic#60EDD8, #D860ED

Split complementary#60BCED, #9160ED

Tetradic#60ED91, #6075ED, #ED60BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFAE9

Lighter +20%#F7EEBC

Lighter +10%#F2E38E

Darker −10%#E8CD32

Darker −20%#D0B417

Darker −30%#A28C12

Darker −40%#74650D

More saturated +25%#FFE54E

Less saturated −25%#D7C876

Channel breakdown

R237

G216

B96

Red237 (92.9%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue51.06°

Saturation (HSL)79.66%

Lightness65.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G D8 · B 60

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Colour values

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