Colour

#EDEC76

#EDEC76
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDEC76 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 236, 118 and HSL 59°, 77%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDEC76#EDEC76

HEX#EDEC76

RGBrgb(237, 236, 118)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9255, 0.4627

RGB percentages92.9%, 92.5%, 46.3%

HSLhsl(59.5, 76.8%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.5, 50.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 50.2%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,592,566

CSS custom property--colour: #EDEC76;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.86:1

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

Contrast with black16.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#121389

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCE46Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE87Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FBDFD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.5 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 text16.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.9 Yellow green · ΔE 28.9 Gold · ΔE 33.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7677ED

Analogous#EDB076, #B3ED76

Triadic#76EDEC, #EC76ED

Split complementary#76B3ED, #B176ED

Tetradic#76EDB0, #7677ED, #ED76B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFD

Lighter +20%#F9F9D0

Lighter +10%#F3F2A3

Darker −10%#E7E649

Darker −20%#E0DE1D

Darker −30%#B3B117

Darker −40%#858412

More saturated +25%#FFFE64

Less saturated −25%#DAD989

Channel breakdown

R237

G236

B118

Red237 (92.9%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue118 (46.3%)

Hue59.5°

Saturation (HSL)76.77%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G EC · B 76

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