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Recognised as Colour

#EDE4BE

  • #EDE4BE
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#EDE4BE is a yellow with RGB values 237, 228, 190 and HSL 49°, 57%, 84%. 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

#EDE4BE#EDE4BE
HEX#EDE4BE
RGBrgb(237, 228, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8941, 0.7451
RGB percentages92.9%, 89.4%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(48.5, 56.6%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 19.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 3.8%, 19.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,590,590
CSS custom property--colour: #EDE4BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77209WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.44:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#121B41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ECE2BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#EFE5BFno 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 17.5 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 text16.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 6.3Blanched almond · ΔE 6.7Bisque · ΔE 7.6Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.8Lemon chiffon · ΔE 8Papaya whip · ΔE 8.1
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 6.33, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BEC7ED
Analogous#EDCDBE, #DFEDBE
Triadic#BEEDE4, #E4BEED
Split complementary#BEDFED, #CDBEED
Tetradic#BEEDCD, #BEC7ED, #EDBEDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8F5E6
Darker −10%#E2D396
Darker −20%#D7C36E
Darker −30%#CCB246
Darker −40%#AF9630
More saturated +25%#F7EAB4
Less saturated −25%#E3DEC8

Channel breakdown

R237
G228
B190
Red237 (92.9%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue48.51°
Saturation (HSL)56.63%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G E4 · B BE

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