Colour

#EDD88F

#EDD88F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDD88F is a yellow with RGB values 237, 216, 143 and HSL 47°, 72%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDD88F#EDD88F

HEX#EDD88F

RGBrgb(237, 216, 143)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8471, 0.5608

RGB percentages92.9%, 84.7%, 56.1%

HSLhsl(46.6, 72.3%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.6, 39.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 39.7%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,587,471

CSS custom property--colour: #EDD88F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69099WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.82:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#122770

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7D58Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECDB92no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FBCDC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10 Navajo white · ΔE 13.2 Moccasin · ΔE 14.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.5 Wheat · ΔE 15.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.66, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8FA4ED

Analogous#EDA98F, #D3ED8F

Triadic#8FEDD8, #D88FED

Split complementary#8FD3ED, #A98FED

Tetradic#8FEDA9, #8FA4ED, #ED8FD3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF7E7

Lighter +10%#F4E7BB

Darker −10%#E6C963

Darker −20%#DFB937

Darker −30%#C49F1F

Darker −40%#987B18

More saturated +25%#FDE17F

Less saturated −25%#DDCF9F

Channel breakdown

R237

G216

B143

Red237 (92.9%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue143 (56.1%)

Hue46.6°

Saturation (HSL)72.31%

Lightness74.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G D8 · B 8F

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Colour values

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