Colour

#EDDFAD

#EDDFAD
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#EDDFAD is a yellow with RGB values 237, 223, 173 and HSL 47°, 64%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#EDDFAD#EDDFAD

HEX#EDDFAD

RGBrgb(237, 223, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8745, 0.6784

RGB percentages92.9%, 87.5%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(46.9, 64%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.9, 27%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 27%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,589,293

CSS custom property--colour: #EDDFAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73797WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.76:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#122052

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EADCAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDE1AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#F7D7D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 4.9 Moccasin · ΔE 6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.9 Navajo white · ΔE 7.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.1 Bisque · ΔE 10.7

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 4.89, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ADBBED

Analogous#EDBFAD, #DBEDAD

Triadic#ADEDDF, #DFADED

Split complementary#ADDBED, #BFADED

Tetradic#ADEDBF, #ADBBED, #EDADDB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F6EFD7

Darker −10%#E4CF83

Darker −20%#DBBE59

Darker −30%#D1AE30

Darker −40%#A98C25

More saturated +25%#FAE6A1

Less saturated −25%#E1D8BA

Channel breakdown

R237

G223

B173

Red237 (92.9%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue46.87°

Saturation (HSL)64%

Lightness80.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G DF · B AD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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