Colour

#EDEA81

#EDEA81
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDEA81 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 234, 129 and HSL 58°, 75%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDEA81#EDEA81

HEX#EDEA81

RGBrgb(237, 234, 129)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9176, 0.5059

RGB percentages92.9%, 91.8%, 50.6%

HSLhsl(58.3, 75%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.3, 45.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 1.3%, 45.6%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,592,065

CSS custom property--colour: #EDEA81;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.69:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#12157E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9E378no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE786no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Tritanopia#FBDED1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.6 Navajo white · ΔE 28.9 Moccasin · ΔE 29.3 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.43, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8184ED

Analogous#EDB481, #BAED81

Triadic#81EDEA, #EA81ED

Split complementary#81BAED, #B481ED

Tetradic#81EDB4, #8184ED, #ED81BA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF9DA

Lighter +10%#F3F1AE

Darker −10%#E7E354

Darker −20%#E0DB28

Darker −30%#BAB61B

Darker −40%#8E8A14

More saturated +25%#FFFB6F

Less saturated −25%#DBD993

Channel breakdown

R237

G234

B129

Red237 (92.9%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue129 (50.6%)

Hue58.33°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G EA · B 81

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Colour values

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