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Recognised as Colour

#EDDD9A

  • #EDDD9A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EDDD9A is a yellow with RGB values 237, 221, 154 and HSL 48°, 70%, 77%. 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

#EDDD9A#EDDD9A
HEX#EDDD9A
RGBrgb(237, 221, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8667, 0.6039
RGB percentages92.9%, 86.7%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(48.4, 69.7%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 35%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 6.8%, 35%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,588,762
CSS custom property--colour: #EDDD9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72051WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.41:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#122265

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EADA95no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#EFDF9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F9D3CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6Navajo white · ΔE 11.1Moccasin · ΔE 11.4Khaki · ΔE 11.4Wheat · ΔE 12.4Dark khaki · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9AAAED
Analogous#EDB49A, #D4ED9A
Triadic#9AEDDD, #DD9AED
Split complementary#9AD4ED, #B39AED
Tetradic#9AEDB3, #9AAAED, #ED9AD4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFAF1
Lighter +10%#F5ECC5
Darker −10%#E5CE6F
Darker −20%#DEC043
Darker −30%#CAAA24
Darker −40%#9F861C
More saturated +25%#FCE68B
Less saturated −25%#DED4A9

Channel breakdown

R237
G221
B154
Red237 (92.9%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue48.43°
Saturation (HSL)69.75%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G DD · B 9A

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