Colour

#EDE7D0

#EDE7D0
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Antique white

#EDE7D0 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 231, 208 and HSL 48°, 45%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Antique white.

Colour values

#EDE7D0#EDE7D0

HEX#EDE7D0

RGBrgb(237, 231, 208)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9059, 0.8157

RGB percentages92.9%, 90.6%, 81.6%

HSLhsl(47.6, 44.6%, 87.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.6, 12.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 2.5%, 12.2%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,591,376

CSS custom property--colour: #EDE7D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7971WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.94:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#12182F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECE6CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#EEE8D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F2E3E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Antique white · ΔE 4.3 Beige · ΔE 5 Papaya whip · ΔE 5.3 Cornsilk · ΔE 6.4 Old lace · ΔE 6.7 Blanched almond · ΔE 6.9

Nearest named CSS colourAntique white (#FAEBD7)ΔE 4.26, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D0D6ED

Analogous#EDD9D0, #E5EDD0

Triadic#D0EDE7, #E7D0ED

Split complementary#D0E4ED, #D9D0ED

Tetradic#D0EDD9, #D0D6ED, #EDD0E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FBFAF5

Darker −10%#DFD4AB

Darker −20%#D1C186

Darker −30%#C3AF61

Darker −40%#AE9843

More saturated +25%#F5ECC8

Less saturated −25%#E5E2D8

Channel breakdown

R237

G231

B208

Red237 (92.9%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue208 (81.6%)

Hue47.59°

Saturation (HSL)44.62%

Lightness87.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G E7 · B D0

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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