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Recognised as Colour

#EDDB7A

  • #EDDB7A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#EDDB7A is a yellow with RGB values 237, 219, 122 and HSL 51°, 76%, 70%. 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

#EDDB7A#EDDB7A
HEX#EDDB7A
RGBrgb(237, 219, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8588, 0.4784
RGB percentages92.9%, 85.9%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(50.6, 76.2%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 48.5%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 7.6%, 48.5%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,588,218
CSS custom property--colour: #EDDB7A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.01:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#122485

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBD672no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#F1DD7Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FCCFC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.4 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 text15.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.2Dark khaki · ΔE 17.3Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.1Navajo white · ΔE 24.1Moccasin · ΔE 25.3Burlywood · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7A8CED
Analogous#EDA17A, #C6ED7A
Triadic#7AEDDB, #DB7AED
Split complementary#7AC6ED, #A17AED
Tetradic#7AEDA1, #7A8CED, #ED7AC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F3D4
Lighter +10%#F3E7A7
Darker −10%#E7CF4D
Darker −20%#E1C320
Darker −30%#B59D19
Darker −40%#897612
More saturated +25%#FFE768
Less saturated −25%#DACE8D

Channel breakdown

R237
G219
B122
Red237 (92.9%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue50.61°
Saturation (HSL)76.16%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G DB · B 7A

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