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Recognised as Colour

#EDE684

  • #EDE684
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#EDE684 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 230, 132 and HSL 56°, 74%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDE684#EDE684
HEX#EDE684
RGBrgb(237, 230, 132)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.902, 0.5176
RGB percentages92.9%, 90.2%, 51.8%
HSLhsl(56, 74.5%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56, 44.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 3%, 44.3%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,591,044
CSS custom property--colour: #EDE684;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76264WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.25:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#12197B

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#F5E07Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#F8E588no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FBDACFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 3.95, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#848BED
Analogous#EDB284, #C0ED84
Triadic#84EDE6, #E684ED
Split complementary#84C0ED, #B284ED
Tetradic#84EDB2, #848BED, #ED84C0

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAF8DD
Lighter +10%#F4EFB0
Darker −10%#E6DD58
Darker −20%#E0D42B
Darker −30%#BCB21C
Darker −40%#908815
More saturated +25%#FFF572
Less saturated −25%#DBD796

Channel breakdown

R237
G230
B132
Red237 (92.9%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue132 (51.8%)
Hue56°
Saturation (HSL)74.47%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G E6 · B 84

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