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Recognised as Colour

#EDECBC

  • #EDECBC
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#EDECBC is a yellow with RGB values 237, 236, 188 and HSL 59°, 58%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#EDECBC#EDECBC
HEX#EDECBC
RGBrgb(237, 236, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9255, 0.7373
RGB percentages92.9%, 92.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(58.8, 57.6%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.8, 20.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 20.7%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,592,636
CSS custom property--colour: #EDECBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.33:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#121343

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F4E8B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#F6EABEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F5E6DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 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 text17.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 5.7Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 6.6Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.6Wheat · ΔE 9.4Moccasin · ΔE 10.2Light yellow · ΔE 11.3
Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 5.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCBDED
Analogous#EDD4BC, #D6EDBC
Triadic#BCEDEC, #ECBCED
Split complementary#BCD6ED, #D4BCED
Tetradic#BCEDD4, #BCBDED, #EDBCD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8F7E4
Darker −10%#E2E194
Darker −20%#D7D56C
Darker −30%#CDCA43
Darker −40%#AEAC2F
More saturated +25%#F8F6B1
Less saturated −25%#E2E2C7

Channel breakdown

R237
G236
B188
Red237 (92.9%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue58.78°
Saturation (HSL)57.65%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G EC · B BC

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