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Recognised as Colour

#EDD87C

  • #EDD87C
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#EDD87C is a yellow with RGB values 237, 216, 124 and HSL 49°, 76%, 71%. 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

#EDD87C#EDD87C
HEX#EDD87C
RGBrgb(237, 216, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8471, 0.4863
RGB percentages92.9%, 84.7%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(48.8, 75.8%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 47.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 8.9%, 47.7%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,587,452
CSS custom property--colour: #EDD87C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.71:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#122783

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8D474no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#EEDB80no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FCCCC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.5 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 text14.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.5Dark khaki · ΔE 16Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.6Navajo white · ΔE 21.8Moccasin · ΔE 23.2Burlywood · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7C91ED
Analogous#ED9F7C, #CAED7C
Triadic#7CEDD8, #D87CED
Split complementary#7CCAED, #9F7CED
Tetradic#7CED9F, #7C91ED, #ED7CCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F3D6
Lighter +10%#F3E5A9
Darker −10%#E7CB4F
Darker −20%#E1BD22
Darker −30%#B79A19
Darker −40%#8A7413
More saturated +25%#FFE36A
Less saturated −25%#DACC8F

Channel breakdown

R237
G216
B124
Red237 (92.9%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue48.85°
Saturation (HSL)75.84%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G D8 · B 7C

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