Recognised as Colour

#EDEB7F

#EDEB7F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDEB7F is a yellow with RGB values 237, 235, 127 and HSL 59°, 75%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDEB7F#EDEB7F

HEX#EDEB7F

RGBrgb(237, 235, 127)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9216, 0.498

RGB percentages92.9%, 92.2%, 49.8%

HSLhsl(58.9, 75.3%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.9, 46.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 0.8%, 46.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,592,319

CSS custom property--colour: #EDEB7F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78953WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.79:1

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

Contrast with black16.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#121480

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE376no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE884no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Tritanopia#FBDFD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 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 text16.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.7 Navajo white · ΔE 30.3 Moccasin · ΔE 30.7 Yellow green · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.85, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7F81ED

Analogous#EDB47F, #B8ED7F

Triadic#7FEDEB, #EB7FED

Split complementary#7FB8ED, #B47FED

Tetradic#7FEDB4, #7F81ED, #ED7FB8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF9D8

Lighter +10%#F3F2AC

Darker −10%#E7E452

Darker −20%#E0DD26

Darker −30%#B9B61A

Darker −40%#8C8A14

More saturated +25%#FFFC6D

Less saturated −25%#DBD991

Channel breakdown

R237

G235

B127

Red237 (92.9%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue127 (49.8%)

Hue58.91°

Saturation (HSL)75.34%

Lightness71.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G EB · B 7F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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