Colour

#EDED7E

#EDED7E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDED7E is a yellow with RGB values 237, 237, 126 and HSL 60°, 76%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDED7E#EDED7E

HEX#EDED7E

RGBrgb(237, 237, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9294, 0.4941

RGB percentages92.9%, 92.9%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(60, 75.5%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 46.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 46.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,592,830

CSS custom property--colour: #EDED7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.02:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#121281

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCE574no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE983no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FBE1D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.9 Yellow green · ΔE 30.6 Navajo white · ΔE 31.8 Moccasin · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7E7EED

Analogous#EDB57E, #B5ED7E

Triadic#7EEDED, #ED7EED

Split complementary#7EB5ED, #B57EED

Tetradic#7EEDB5, #7E7EED, #ED7EB5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F9D8

Lighter +10%#F3F3AB

Darker −10%#E7E751

Darker −20%#E1E124

Darker −30%#B8B81A

Darker −40%#8C8C13

More saturated +25%#FFFF6C

Less saturated −25%#DBDB90

Channel breakdown

R237

G237

B126

Red237 (92.9%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)75.51%

Lightness71.18%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR ED · G ED · B 7E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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