Recognised as Colour

#EDE773

#EDE773
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDE773 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 231, 115 and HSL 57°, 77%, 69%. 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

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HEX#EDE773

RGBrgb(237, 231, 115)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9059, 0.451

RGB percentages92.9%, 90.6%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(57, 77.2%, 69%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57, 51.5%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 2.5%, 51.5%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,591,283

CSS custom property--colour: #EDE773;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.28:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#12188C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8E068no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAE579no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FCDACDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.1 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 text16.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.1 Yellow green · ΔE 30.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.4 Gold · ΔE 32.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7379ED

Analogous#EDAA73, #B6ED73

Triadic#73EDE7, #E773ED

Split complementary#73B6ED, #AA73ED

Tetradic#73EDAA, #7379ED, #ED73B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFB

Lighter +20%#F9F6CD

Lighter +10%#F3EFA0

Darker −10%#E7DF46

Darker −20%#DED41C

Darker −30%#B0A917

Darker −40%#837E11

More saturated +25%#FFF761

Less saturated −25%#D9D587

Channel breakdown

R237

G231

B115

Red237 (92.9%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue57.05°

Saturation (HSL)77.22%

Lightness69.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G E7 · B 73

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