Colour

#EDE193

#EDE193
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDE193 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 225, 147 and HSL 52°, 71%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDE193#EDE193

HEX#EDE193

RGBrgb(237, 225, 147)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8824, 0.5765

RGB percentages92.9%, 88.2%, 57.6%

HSLhsl(52, 71.4%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 38%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 5.1%, 38%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,589,779

CSS custom property--colour: #EDE193;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73962WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.79:1

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

Contrast with black15.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#121E6C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFDC8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3E296no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FAD7CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.9 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 text15.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6 Navajo white · ΔE 16.2 Moccasin · ΔE 16.5 Wheat · ΔE 17.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.9, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#939FED

Analogous#EDB493, #CCED93

Triadic#93EDE1, #E193ED

Split complementary#93CCED, #B493ED

Tetradic#93EDB4, #939FED, #ED93CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCF9EA

Lighter +10%#F4EDBF

Darker −10%#E6D567

Darker −20%#DEC93C

Darker −30%#C6B021

Darker −40%#9A891A

More saturated +25%#FDED83

Less saturated −25%#DDD5A3

Channel breakdown

R237

G225

B147

Red237 (92.9%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue147 (57.6%)

Hue52°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness75.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G E1 · B 93

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