Colour

#EDE183

#EDE183
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDE183 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 225, 131 and HSL 53°, 75%, 72%. 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

#EDE183#EDE183

HEX#EDE183

RGBrgb(237, 225, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8824, 0.5137

RGB percentages92.9%, 88.2%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(53.2, 74.6%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.2, 44.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 5.1%, 44.7%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,589,763

CSS custom property--colour: #EDE183;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73494WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.7:1

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

Contrast with black15.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#121E7C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0DB7Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4E187no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FBD5CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42 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 text15.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 2.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.3 Navajo white · ΔE 23.1 Moccasin · ΔE 23.8 Wheat · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 2.85, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#838FED

Analogous#EDAC83, #C4ED83

Triadic#83EDE1, #E183ED

Split complementary#83C4ED, #AC83ED

Tetradic#83EDAC, #838FED, #ED83C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF7DC

Lighter +10%#F3ECB0

Darker −10%#E7D656

Darker −20%#E0CB2A

Darker −30%#BCAA1B

Darker −40%#8F8115

More saturated +25%#FFEF71

Less saturated −25%#DBD395

Channel breakdown

R237

G225

B131

Red237 (92.9%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue53.21°

Saturation (HSL)74.65%

Lightness72.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G E1 · B 83

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