Colour

#EDD984

#EDD984
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDD984 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 217, 132 and HSL 49°, 74%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDD984#EDD984

HEX#EDD984

RGBrgb(237, 217, 132)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.851, 0.5176

RGB percentages92.9%, 85.1%, 51.8%

HSLhsl(48.6, 74.5%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 44.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 8.4%, 44.3%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,587,716

CSS custom property--colour: #EDD984;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.86:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#12267B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D57Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#EEDC87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FBCDC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.8 Navajo white · ΔE 18.6 Moccasin · ΔE 19.8 Burlywood · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.91, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8498ED

Analogous#EDA584, #CDED84

Triadic#84EDD9, #D984ED

Split complementary#84CDED, #A584ED

Tetradic#84EDA5, #8498ED, #ED84CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF4DD

Lighter +10%#F4E7B0

Darker −10%#E6CB58

Darker −20%#E0BE2B

Darker −30%#BC9E1C

Darker −40%#907915

More saturated +25%#FFE472

Less saturated −25%#DBCE96

Channel breakdown

R237

G217

B132

Red237 (92.9%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue132 (51.8%)

Hue48.57°

Saturation (HSL)74.47%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G D9 · B 84

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