Recognised as Colour

#EDDC8A

#EDDC8A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDDC8A is a yellow with RGB values 237, 220, 138 and HSL 50°, 73%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDDC8A#EDDC8A

HEX#EDDC8A

RGBrgb(237, 220, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8627, 0.5412

RGB percentages92.9%, 86.3%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(49.7, 73.3%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 41.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 7.2%, 41.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,588,490

CSS custom property--colour: #EDDC8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.21:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#122375

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD884no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DE8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#FBD1C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.8 Navajo white · ΔE 17.4 Moccasin · ΔE 18.3 Wheat · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.32, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A9BED

Analogous#EDAB8A, #CDED8A

Triadic#8AEDDC, #DC8AED

Split complementary#8ACCED, #AB8AED

Tetradic#8AEDAB, #8A9BED, #ED8ACC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF6E2

Lighter +10%#F4E9B6

Darker −10%#E6CF5E

Darker −20%#DFC232

Darker −30%#C0A41E

Darker −40%#947F17

More saturated +25%#FEE779

Less saturated −25%#DCD19B

Channel breakdown

R237

G220

B138

Red237 (92.9%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue49.7°

Saturation (HSL)73.33%

Lightness73.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G DC · B 8A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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