Colour

#EDDF8A

#EDDF8A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDDF8A is a yellow with RGB values 237, 223, 138 and HSL 52°, 73%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDDF8A#EDDF8A

HEX#EDDF8A

RGBrgb(237, 223, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8745, 0.5412

RGB percentages92.9%, 87.5%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(51.5, 73.3%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 41.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 41.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,589,258

CSS custom property--colour: #EDDF8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72615WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.4 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#122075

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEDA83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2E08Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#FBD4CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.3 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

Khaki · ΔE 3.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.5 Navajo white · ΔE 18.9 Moccasin · ΔE 19.6 Wheat · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 3.41, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A98ED

Analogous#EDAE8A, #CAED8A

Triadic#8AEDDF, #DF8AED

Split complementary#8ACAED, #AD8AED

Tetradic#8AEDAE, #8A98ED, #ED8ACA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF7E2

Lighter +10%#F4EBB6

Darker −10%#E6D35E

Darker −20%#DFC732

Darker −30%#C0A91E

Darker −40%#948217

More saturated +25%#FEEB79

Less saturated −25%#DCD39B

Channel breakdown

R237

G223

B138

Red237 (92.9%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue51.52°

Saturation (HSL)73.33%

Lightness73.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G DF · B 8A

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