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Recognised as Colour

#EDED3E

  • #EDED3E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#EDED3E is a yellow with RGB values 237, 237, 62 and HSL 60°, 83%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#EDED3E#EDED3E
HEX#EDED3E
RGBrgb(237, 237, 62)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9294, 0.2431
RGB percentages92.9%, 92.9%, 24.3%
HSLhsl(60, 82.9%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(60, 73.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 0%, 73.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,592,766
CSS custom property--colour: #EDED3E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.78:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#1212C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE313no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFE84Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#FEDECCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.2 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 text16.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 17.1Gold · ΔE 19.7Yellow green · ΔE 26.8Green yellow · ΔE 33.5Khaki · ΔE 35.1Goldenrod · ΔE 35.7
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 17.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E3EED
Analogous#ED963E, #96ED3E
Triadic#3EEDED, #ED3EED
Split complementary#3E96ED, #963EED
Tetradic#3EED96, #3E3EED, #ED3E96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFEF9
Lighter +30%#FAFACA
Lighter +20%#F6F69B
Lighter +10%#F1F16D
Darker −10%#E3E315
Darker −20%#B4B411
Darker −30%#86860C
Darker −40%#575708
More saturated +25%#FFFF2C
Less saturated −25%#D3D358

Channel breakdown

R237
G237
B62
Red237 (92.9%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue62 (24.3%)
Hue60°
Saturation (HSL)82.94%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelRed and Green
Hex per channelR ED · G ED · B 3E

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