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Recognised as Colour

#EDE4BB

  • #EDE4BB
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#EDE4BB is a yellow with RGB values 237, 228, 187 and HSL 49°, 58%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#EDE4BB#EDE4BB
HEX#EDE4BB
RGBrgb(237, 228, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8941, 0.7333
RGB percentages92.9%, 89.4%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(49.2, 58.1%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 21.1%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 3.8%, 21.1%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,590,587
CSS custom property--colour: #EDE4BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.42:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#121B44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDE1B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#EFE5BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F5DED9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 5.8Lemon chiffon · ΔE 7.6Blanched almond · ΔE 7.8Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.9Moccasin · ΔE 8Bisque · ΔE 8.3
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 5.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBC4ED
Analogous#EDCBBB, #DDEDBB
Triadic#BBEDE4, #E4BBED
Split complementary#BBDDED, #CBBBED
Tetradic#BBEDCB, #BBC4ED, #EDBBDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8F4E3
Darker −10%#E2D493
Darker −20%#D8C46A
Darker −30%#CDB442
Darker −40%#AE972E
More saturated +25%#F8EBB0
Less saturated −25%#E2DDC6

Channel breakdown

R237
G228
B187
Red237 (92.9%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue49.2°
Saturation (HSL)58.14%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G E4 · B BB

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