Recognised as Colour

#EDE0A2

#EDE0A2
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EDE0A2 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 224, 162 and HSL 50°, 68%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#EDE0A2

RGBrgb(237, 224, 162)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8784, 0.6353

RGB percentages92.9%, 87.8%, 63.5%

HSLhsl(49.6, 67.6%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 31.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 5.5%, 31.6%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,589,538

CSS custom property--colour: #EDE0A2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.78:1

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

Contrast with black15.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#121F5D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECDC9Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0E1A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F8D7D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 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 text15.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 3.6 Moccasin · ΔE 9.5 Navajo white · ΔE 10 Wheat · ΔE 10.1 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 13.2 Khaki · ΔE 13.7

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 3.64, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A2AFED

Analogous#EDBBA2, #D4EDA2

Triadic#A2EDE0, #E0A2ED

Split complementary#A2D4ED, #BBA2ED

Tetradic#A2EDBB, #A2AFED, #EDA2D4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFCF7

Lighter +10%#F5EECD

Darker −10%#E5D277

Darker −20%#DCC44D

Darker −30%#CEB128

Darker −40%#A38D20

More saturated +25%#FBE994

Less saturated −25%#DFD7B0

Channel breakdown

R237

G224

B162

Red237 (92.9%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue162 (63.5%)

Hue49.6°

Saturation (HSL)67.57%

Lightness78.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G E0 · B A2

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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