Recognised as Colour

#EDECD9

#EDECD9
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Beige

#EDECD9 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 236, 217 and HSL 57°, 36%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

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HEX#EDECD9

RGBrgb(237, 236, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9255, 0.851

RGB percentages92.9%, 92.5%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(57, 35.7%, 89%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57, 8.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 8.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,592,665

CSS custom property--colour: #EDECD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83005WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness234.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.6:1

Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB

Inverted#121326

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0EAD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0EBDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F0E9E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 4.2 Old lace · ΔE 5 Antique white · ΔE 5.3 Linen · ΔE 6.1 Cornsilk · ΔE 6.7 Papaya whip · ΔE 7

Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 4.2, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D9DAED

Analogous#EDE2D9, #E4EDD9

Triadic#D9EDEC, #ECD9ED

Split complementary#D9E4ED, #E2D9ED

Tetradic#D9EDE2, #D9DAED, #EDD9E4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FDFDFC

Darker −10%#DDDBB6

Darker −20%#CCC994

Darker −30%#BCB871

Darker −40%#AAA550

More saturated +25%#F4F2D2

Less saturated −25%#E6E6E0

Channel breakdown

R237

G236

B217

Red237 (92.9%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue57°

Saturation (HSL)35.71%

Lightness89.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G EC · B D9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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