Colour

#EDE090

#EDE090
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDE090 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 224, 144 and HSL 52°, 72%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDE090#EDE090

HEX#EDE090

RGBrgb(237, 224, 144)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8784, 0.5647

RGB percentages92.9%, 87.8%, 56.5%

HSLhsl(51.6, 72.1%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 39.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 5.5%, 39.2%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,589,520

CSS custom property--colour: #EDE090;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73329WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.67:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#121F6F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEDB8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2E193no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#FAD5CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.4 Navajo white · ΔE 16.9 Moccasin · ΔE 17.4 Wheat · ΔE 18.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.09, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#909DED

Analogous#EDB290, #CBED90

Triadic#90EDE0, #E090ED

Split complementary#90CBED, #B290ED

Tetradic#90EDB2, #909DED, #ED90CB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF9E8

Lighter +10%#F4ECBC

Darker −10%#E6D464

Darker −20%#DFC738

Darker −30%#C4AD20

Darker −40%#988619

More saturated +25%#FDEC80

Less saturated −25%#DDD4A0

Channel breakdown

R237

G224

B144

Red237 (92.9%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue144 (56.5%)

Hue51.61°

Saturation (HSL)72.09%

Lightness74.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G E0 · B 90

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