Colour

#EDDB84

#EDDB84
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDDB84 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 219, 132 and HSL 50°, 74%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDDB84#EDDB84

HEX#EDDB84

RGBrgb(237, 219, 132)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8588, 0.5176

RGB percentages92.9%, 85.9%, 51.8%

HSLhsl(49.7, 74.5%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 44.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 7.6%, 44.3%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,588,228

CSS custom property--colour: #EDDB84;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70334WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.07:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#12247B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD77Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DD87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#FBCFC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.2 Navajo white · ΔE 19.6 Moccasin · ΔE 20.6 Burlywood · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.76, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8496ED

Analogous#EDA784, #CBED84

Triadic#84EDDB, #DB84ED

Split complementary#84CBED, #A784ED

Tetradic#84EDA6, #8496ED, #ED84CA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF5DD

Lighter +10%#F4E8B0

Darker −10%#E6CE58

Darker −20%#E0C12B

Darker −30%#BCA11C

Darker −40%#907B15

More saturated +25%#FFE772

Less saturated −25%#DBCF96

Channel breakdown

R237

G219

B132

Red237 (92.9%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue132 (51.8%)

Hue49.71°

Saturation (HSL)74.47%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G DB · B 84

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