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Recognised as Colour

#EDDE9B

  • #EDDE9B
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EDDE9B is a yellow with RGB values 237, 222, 155 and HSL 49°, 69%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EDDE9B#EDDE9B
HEX#EDDE9B
RGBrgb(237, 222, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8706, 0.6078
RGB percentages92.9%, 87.1%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(49, 69.5%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49, 34.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 6.3%, 34.6%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,589,019
CSS custom property--colour: #EDDE9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.52:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#122164

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBDA96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#EFE09Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F9D5CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.5Navajo white · ΔE 11.3Khaki · ΔE 11.4Moccasin · ΔE 11.4Wheat · ΔE 12.4Lemon chiffon · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BAAED
Analogous#EDB59B, #D3ED9B
Triadic#9BEDDE, #DE9BED
Split complementary#9BD3ED, #B59BED
Tetradic#9BEDB5, #9BAAED, #ED9BD3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFBF1
Lighter +10%#F5ECC6
Darker −10%#E5D070
Darker −20%#DDC145
Darker −30%#CBAC24
Darker −40%#9F871D
More saturated +25%#FCE78C
Less saturated −25%#DED5AA

Channel breakdown

R237
G222
B155
Red237 (92.9%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue49.02°
Saturation (HSL)69.49%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G DE · B 9B

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