Recognised as Colour

#EDD8A5

#EDD8A5
Orange
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#EDD8A5 is a orange with RGB values 237, 216, 165 and HSL 42°, 67%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#EDD8A5#EDD8A5

HEX#EDD8A5

RGBrgb(237, 216, 165)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8471, 0.6471

RGB percentages92.9%, 84.7%, 64.7%

HSLhsl(42.5, 66.7%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(42.5, 30.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 30.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,587,493

CSS custom property--colour: #EDD8A5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.97:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#12275A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4D6A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9DCA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F9D0CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 4.9 Moccasin · ΔE 5.7 Navajo white · ΔE 5.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.9 Peach puff · ΔE 11 Bisque · ΔE 11.2

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 4.86, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A5BAED

Analogous#EDB4A5, #DEEDA5

Triadic#A5EDD8, #D8A5ED

Split complementary#A5DEED, #B4A5ED

Tetradic#A5EDB4, #A5BAED, #EDA5DE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFDFA

Lighter +10%#F6EAD0

Darker −10%#E5C67A

Darker −20%#DCB350

Darker −30%#D09F29

Darker −40%#A57F21

More saturated +25%#FBDE98

Less saturated −25%#E0D2B3

Channel breakdown

R237

G216

B165

Red237 (92.9%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue165 (64.7%)

Hue42.5°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness78.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G D8 · B A5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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