Recognised as Colour

#EDE8D9

#EDE8D9
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Linen

#EDE8D9 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 232, 217 and HSL 45°, 36%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Linen.

Colour values

#EDE8D9#EDE8D9

HEX#EDE8D9

RGBrgb(237, 232, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9098, 0.851

RGB percentages92.9%, 91%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(45, 35.7%, 89%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45, 8.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 2.1%, 8.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,591,641

CSS custom property--colour: #EDE8D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.15:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#121726

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECE7D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDE9D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F1E5E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Linen · ΔE 4.6 Antique white · ΔE 4.8 Old lace · ΔE 4.9 Beige · ΔE 6.6 Sea shell · ΔE 6.8 Floral white · ΔE 6.9

Nearest named CSS colourLinen (#FAF0E6)ΔE 4.56, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D9DEED

Analogous#EDDED9, #E8EDD9

Triadic#D9EDE8, #E8D9ED

Split complementary#D9E8ED, #DED9ED

Tetradic#D9EDDE, #D9DEED, #EDD9E8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FDFDFC

Darker −10%#DDD3B6

Darker −20%#CCBE94

Darker −30%#BCA971

Darker −40%#AA9350

More saturated +25%#F4ECD2

Less saturated −25%#E6E5E0

Channel breakdown

R237

G232

B217

Red237 (92.9%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue45°

Saturation (HSL)35.71%

Lightness89.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G E8 · B D9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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