Recognised as Colour

#EDDC92

#EDDC92
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDDC92 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 220, 146 and HSL 49°, 72%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDDC92#EDDC92

HEX#EDDC92

RGBrgb(237, 220, 146)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8627, 0.5725

RGB percentages92.9%, 86.3%, 57.3%

HSLhsl(48.8, 71.7%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 38.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 7.2%, 38.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,588,498

CSS custom property--colour: #EDDC92;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.25:1

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

Contrast with black15.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#12236D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAD88Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFDE95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FAD2C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 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 text15.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.8 Navajo white · ΔE 13.8 Moccasin · ΔE 14.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.9 Wheat · ΔE 15.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#92A3ED

Analogous#EDAF92, #D1ED92

Triadic#92EDDC, #DC92ED

Split complementary#92D1ED, #AF92ED

Tetradic#92EDAE, #92A3ED, #ED92D0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF8EA

Lighter +10%#F4EABE

Darker −10%#E6CE66

Darker −20%#DFC03A

Darker −30%#C5A721

Darker −40%#9A8219

More saturated +25%#FDE682

Less saturated −25%#DDD2A2

Channel breakdown

R237

G220

B146

Red237 (92.9%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue146 (57.3%)

Hue48.79°

Saturation (HSL)71.65%

Lightness75.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G DC · B 92

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