Recognised as Colour

#EDE464

#EDE464
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDE464 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 228, 100 and HSL 56°, 79%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#EDE464

RGBrgb(237, 228, 100)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8941, 0.3922

RGB percentages92.9%, 89.4%, 39.2%

HSLhsl(56.1, 79.2%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.1, 57.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 3.8%, 57.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,590,500

CSS custom property--colour: #EDE464;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.88:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#121B9B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6DD56no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E36Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FDD6C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17.6 Gold · ΔE 27.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 28 Yellow green · ΔE 28.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#646DED

Analogous#ED9F64, #B2ED64

Triadic#64EDE4, #E464ED

Split complementary#64B2ED, #9F64ED

Tetradic#64ED9F, #646DED, #ED64B2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFCED

Lighter +20%#F8F4BF

Lighter +10%#F2EC92

Darker −10%#E8DC36

Darker −20%#D3C618

Darker −30%#A59B13

Darker −40%#77700E

More saturated +25%#FFF452

Less saturated −25%#D7D17A

Channel breakdown

R237

G228

B100

Red237 (92.9%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue100 (39.2%)

Hue56.06°

Saturation (HSL)79.19%

Lightness66.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G E4 · B 64

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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