Recognised as Colour

#EDD874

#EDD874
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDD874 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 216, 116 and HSL 50°, 77%, 69%. 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#EDD874

RGBrgb(237, 216, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8471, 0.4549

RGB percentages92.9%, 84.7%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(49.6, 77.1%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 51.1%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 51.1%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,587,444

CSS custom property--colour: #EDD874;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68377WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.68:1

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

Contrast with black14.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#12278B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D36Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFDB78no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FDCBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.3 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 text14.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 18 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.2 Navajo white · ΔE 25.5 Burlywood · ΔE 26.4 Moccasin · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7489ED

Analogous#ED9C74, #C5ED74

Triadic#74EDD8, #D874ED

Split complementary#74C5ED, #9C74ED

Tetradic#74ED9C, #7489ED, #ED74C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFB

Lighter +20%#F9F1CE

Lighter +10%#F3E5A1

Darker −10%#E7CB47

Darker −20%#DEBD1D

Darker −30%#B19617

Darker −40%#847011

More saturated +25%#FFE462

Less saturated −25%#D9CB88

Channel breakdown

R237

G216

B116

Red237 (92.9%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue49.59°

Saturation (HSL)77.07%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G D8 · B 74

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