Recognised as Colour

#EDDD93

#EDDD93
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDDD93 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 221, 147 and HSL 49°, 71%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDDD93#EDDD93

HEX#EDDD93

RGBrgb(237, 221, 147)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8667, 0.5765

RGB percentages92.9%, 86.7%, 57.6%

HSLhsl(49.3, 71.4%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 38%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 6.8%, 38%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,588,755

CSS custom property--colour: #EDDD93;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.36:1

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

Contrast with black15.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#12226C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD98Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFDF96no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FAD3CAno 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 text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.4 Navajo white · ΔE 13.9 Moccasin · ΔE 14.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 15 Wheat · ΔE 15.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#93A3ED

Analogous#EDB093, #D0ED93

Triadic#93EDDD, #DD93ED

Split complementary#93D0ED, #B093ED

Tetradic#93EDB0, #93A3ED, #ED93D0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCF9EA

Lighter +10%#F4EBBF

Darker −10%#E6CF67

Darker −20%#DEC13C

Darker −30%#C6A921

Darker −40%#9A831A

More saturated +25%#FDE783

Less saturated −25%#DDD3A3

Channel breakdown

R237

G221

B147

Red237 (92.9%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue147 (57.6%)

Hue49.33°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness75.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G DD · B 93

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