Recognised as Colour

#EDED8F

#EDED8F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDED8F is a yellow with RGB values 237, 237, 143 and HSL 60°, 72%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDED8F#EDED8F

HEX#EDED8F

RGBrgb(237, 237, 143)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9294, 0.5608

RGB percentages92.9%, 92.9%, 56.1%

HSLhsl(60, 72.3%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 39.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 39.7%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,592,847

CSS custom property--colour: #EDED8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80556WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.11:1

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

Contrast with black17.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#121270

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBE688no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCEA93no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F9E2D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.5 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 text17.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.1 Moccasin · ΔE 24.8 Navajo white · ΔE 24.9 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.65, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8F8FED

Analogous#EDBE8F, #BEED8F

Triadic#8FEDED, #ED8FED

Split complementary#8FBEED, #BE8FED

Tetradic#8FEDBE, #8F8FED, #ED8FBE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBFBE7

Lighter +10%#F4F4BB

Darker −10%#E6E663

Darker −20%#DFDF37

Darker −30%#C4C41F

Darker −40%#989818

More saturated +25%#FDFD7F

Less saturated −25%#DDDD9F

Channel breakdown

R237

G237

B143

Red237 (92.9%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue143 (56.1%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)72.31%

Lightness74.51%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR ED · G ED · B 8F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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