Recognised as Colour

#EDED96

#EDED96
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDED96 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 237, 150 and HSL 60°, 71%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDED96#EDED96

HEX#EDED96

RGBrgb(237, 237, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9294, 0.5882

RGB percentages92.9%, 92.9%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(60, 70.7%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 36.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 36.7%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,592,854

CSS custom property--colour: #EDED96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80775WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.15:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#121269

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE690no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCEA9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F9E3D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.3 Moccasin · ΔE 21.8 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 21.9 Navajo white · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.86, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9696ED

Analogous#EDC296, #C2ED96

Triadic#96EDED, #ED96ED

Split complementary#96C2ED, #C296ED

Tetradic#96EDC2, #9696ED, #ED96C2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFCED

Lighter +10%#F4F4C2

Darker −10%#E6E66A

Darker −20%#DEDE3F

Darker −30%#C8C822

Darker −40%#9C9C1B

More saturated +25%#FCFC87

Less saturated −25%#DEDEA5

Channel breakdown

R237

G237

B150

Red237 (92.9%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)70.73%

Lightness75.88%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR ED · G ED · B 96

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