Recognised as Colour

#EDEA8C

#EDEA8C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDEA8C is a yellow with RGB values 237, 234, 140 and HSL 58°, 73%, 74%. 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

#EDEA8C#EDEA8C

HEX#EDEA8C

RGBrgb(237, 234, 140)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9176, 0.549

RGB percentages92.9%, 91.8%, 54.9%

HSLhsl(58.1, 72.9%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.1, 40.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 1.3%, 40.9%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,592,076

CSS custom property--colour: #EDEA8C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78744WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.75:1

Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#121573

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8E385no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAE790no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FADFD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 3.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.2 Navajo white · ΔE 24.3 Moccasin · ΔE 24.4 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 3.39, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8C8FED

Analogous#EDBA8C, #C0ED8C

Triadic#8CEDEA, #EA8CED

Split complementary#8CBFED, #BA8CED

Tetradic#8CEDB9, #8C8FED, #ED8CBF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBFAE4

Lighter +10%#F4F2B8

Darker −10%#E6E260

Darker −20%#DFDA34

Darker −30%#C2BD1E

Darker −40%#969217

More saturated +25%#FEFA7B

Less saturated −25%#DCDA9D

Channel breakdown

R237

G234

B140

Red237 (92.9%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue140 (54.9%)

Hue58.14°

Saturation (HSL)72.93%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G EA · B 8C

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Colour values

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