Colour

#EDDB8F

#EDDB8F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDDB8F is a yellow with RGB values 237, 219, 143 and HSL 49°, 72%, 75%. 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

#EDDB8F#EDDB8F

HEX#EDDB8F

RGBrgb(237, 219, 143)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8588, 0.5608

RGB percentages92.9%, 85.9%, 56.1%

HSLhsl(48.5, 72.3%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 39.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 7.6%, 39.7%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,588,239

CSS custom property--colour: #EDDB8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70651WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.13:1

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

Contrast with black15.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#122470

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D789no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#EEDD92no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#FAD0C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35 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 text15.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.9 Navajo white · ΔE 14.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.6 Moccasin · ΔE 15.5 Wheat · ΔE 16.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.74, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8FA1ED

Analogous#EDAC8F, #D0ED8F

Triadic#8FEDDB, #DB8FED

Split complementary#8FD0ED, #AC8FED

Tetradic#8FEDAC, #8FA1ED, #ED8FD0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF7E7

Lighter +10%#F4E9BB

Darker −10%#E6CD63

Darker −20%#DFBF37

Darker −30%#C4A41F

Darker −40%#987F18

More saturated +25%#FDE57F

Less saturated −25%#DDD19F

Channel breakdown

R237

G219

B143

Red237 (92.9%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue143 (56.1%)

Hue48.51°

Saturation (HSL)72.31%

Lightness74.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G DB · B 8F

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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