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Recognised as Colour

#EDE79F

  • #EDE79F
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EDE79F is a yellow with RGB values 237, 231, 159 and HSL 55°, 68%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EDE79F#EDE79F
HEX#EDE79F
RGBrgb(237, 231, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9059, 0.6235
RGB percentages92.9%, 90.6%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(55.4, 68.4%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.4, 32.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 2.5%, 32.9%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,591,327
CSS custom property--colour: #EDE79F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7766WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.53:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#121860

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3E29Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#F6E6A2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F8DED4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.1Khaki · ΔE 9.1Moccasin · ΔE 14.6Navajo white · ΔE 15.1Wheat · ΔE 15.6Lemon chiffon · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FA5ED
Analogous#EDC09F, #CCED9F
Triadic#9FEDE7, #E79FED
Split complementary#9FCCED, #C09FED
Tetradic#9FEDC0, #9FA5ED, #ED9FCC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFCF5
Lighter +10%#F5F2CA
Darker −10%#E5DC74
Darker −20%#DDD249
Darker −30%#CDC026
Darker −40%#A2981E
More saturated +25%#FBF391
Less saturated −25%#DFDBAD

Channel breakdown

R237
G231
B159
Red237 (92.9%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue55.38°
Saturation (HSL)68.42%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G E7 · B 9F

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