Recognised as Colour

#EDDC98

#EDDC98
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EDDC98 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 220, 152 and HSL 48°, 70%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EDDC98#EDDC98

HEX#EDDC98

RGBrgb(237, 220, 152)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8627, 0.5961

RGB percentages92.9%, 86.3%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(48, 70.2%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 35.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 7.2%, 35.9%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,588,504

CSS custom property--colour: #EDDC98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71458WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.29:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#122367

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D993no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#EEDE9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FAD2CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.7 Khaki · ΔE 11.1 Navajo white · ΔE 11.3 Moccasin · ΔE 11.8 Wheat · ΔE 12.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#98A9ED

Analogous#EDB198, #D3ED98

Triadic#98EDDC, #DC98ED

Split complementary#98D3ED, #B198ED

Tetradic#98EDB1, #98A9ED, #ED98D3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFAEF

Lighter +10%#F5EBC3

Darker −10%#E5CD6D

Darker −20%#DEBE41

Darker −30%#C9A823

Darker −40%#9D831C

More saturated +25%#FCE589

Less saturated −25%#DED3A7

Channel breakdown

R237

G220

B152

Red237 (92.9%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)70.25%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G DC · B 98

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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