Colour

#EDEBCB

#EDEBCB
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Beige

#EDEBCB is a yellow with RGB values 237, 235, 203 and HSL 56°, 49%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#EDEBCB#EDEBCB

HEX#EDEBCB

RGBrgb(237, 235, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9216, 0.7961

RGB percentages92.9%, 92.2%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(56.5, 48.6%, 86.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.5, 14.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 0.8%, 14.3%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,592,395

CSS custom property--colour: #EDEBCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81733WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.35:1

Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#121434

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1E8C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2EACCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F3E6E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 5.1 Cornsilk · ΔE 5.7 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 6.3 Papaya whip · ΔE 6.6 Light yellow · ΔE 6.9 Blanched almond · ΔE 7

Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 5.14, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CBCDED

Analogous#EDDACB, #DEEDCB

Triadic#CBEDEB, #EBCBED

Split complementary#CBDEED, #DACBED

Tetradic#CBEDDA, #CBCDED, #EDCBDE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FAFAF1

Darker −10%#E0DCA5

Darker −20%#D3CE7F

Darker −30%#C6BF59

Darker −40%#AFA93D

More saturated +25%#F6F3C2

Less saturated −25%#E4E3D4

Channel breakdown

R237

G235

B203

Red237 (92.9%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue56.47°

Saturation (HSL)48.57%

Lightness86.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G EB · B CB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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