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Recognised as Colour

#EDE8BC

  • #EDE8BC
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#EDE8BC is a yellow with RGB values 237, 232, 188 and HSL 54°, 58%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#EDE8BC#EDE8BC
HEX#EDE8BC
RGBrgb(237, 232, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9098, 0.7373
RGB percentages92.9%, 91%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(53.9, 57.6%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.9, 20.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 2.1%, 20.7%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,591,612
CSS custom property--colour: #EDE8BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.87:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#121743

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F0E5B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#F2E8BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#F5E2DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 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 text16.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 6.3Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 6.7Wheat · ΔE 7.4Moccasin · ΔE 8.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.1Blanched almond · ΔE 9.3
Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 6.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCC1ED
Analogous#EDD0BC, #DAEDBC
Triadic#BCEDE8, #E8BCED
Split complementary#BCDAED, #D0BCED
Tetradic#BCEDD0, #BCC1ED, #EDBCDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8F6E4
Darker −10%#E2DA94
Darker −20%#D7CC6C
Darker −30%#CDBF43
Darker −40%#AEA12F
More saturated +25%#F8F0B1
Less saturated −25%#E2E0C7

Channel breakdown

R237
G232
B188
Red237 (92.9%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue53.88°
Saturation (HSL)57.65%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G E8 · B BC

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