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Recognised as Colour

#EDDD94

  • #EDDD94
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EDDD94 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 221, 148 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 Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EDDD94#EDDD94
HEX#EDDD94
RGBrgb(237, 221, 148)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8667, 0.5804
RGB percentages92.9%, 86.7%, 58%
HSLhsl(49.2, 71.2%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 37.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 6.8%, 37.6%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,588,756
CSS custom property--colour: #EDDD94;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71856WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.37:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#12226B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBD98Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#EFDF97no 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 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 text15.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8Khaki · ΔE 8.6Navajo white · ΔE 13.5Moccasin · ΔE 14.1Dark khaki · ΔE 15.1Wheat · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94A4ED
Analogous#EDB094, #D1ED94
Triadic#94EDDD, #DD94ED
Split complementary#94D1ED, #B094ED
Tetradic#94EDB1, #94A4ED, #ED94D1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCF9EB
Lighter +10%#F4EBC0
Darker −10%#E6CF68
Darker −20%#DEC13D
Darker −30%#C7A921
Darker −40%#9B841A
More saturated +25%#FDE784
Less saturated −25%#DDD3A4

Channel breakdown

R237
G221
B148
Red237 (92.9%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue148 (58%)
Hue49.21°
Saturation (HSL)71.2%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G DD · B 94

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