Colour

#EDDA87

#EDDA87
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDDA87 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 218, 135 and HSL 49°, 74%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDDA87#EDDA87

HEX#EDDA87

RGBrgb(237, 218, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8549, 0.5294

RGB percentages92.9%, 85.5%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(48.8, 73.9%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 43%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 43%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,587,975

CSS custom property--colour: #EDDA87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.98:1

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

Contrast with black14.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#122578

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D681no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFDD8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FBCFC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 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 text14.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.7 Navajo white · ΔE 17.7 Moccasin · ΔE 18.8 Burlywood · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.82, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#879AED

Analogous#EDA787, #CDED87

Triadic#87EDDA, #DA87ED

Split complementary#87CDED, #A787ED

Tetradic#87EDA7, #879AED, #ED87CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF5E0

Lighter +10%#F4E8B3

Darker −10%#E6CC5B

Darker −20%#E0BF2E

Darker −30%#BEA01D

Darker −40%#927B16

More saturated +25%#FEE576

Less saturated −25%#DCCF98

Channel breakdown

R237

G218

B135

Red237 (92.9%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue48.82°

Saturation (HSL)73.91%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G DA · B 87

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