Colour

#EDEDE8

#EDEDE8
Yellow
Light
Nearest: White smoke

#EDEDE8 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 237, 232 and HSL 60°, 12%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is White smoke.

Colour values

#EDEDE8#EDEDE8

HEX#EDEDE8

RGBrgb(237, 237, 232)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9294, 0.9098

RGB percentages92.9%, 92.9%, 91%

HSLhsl(60, 12.2%, 92%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 2.1%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 2.1%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,592,936

CSS custom property--colour: #EDEDE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84399WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness236.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.88:1

Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED

Inverted#121217

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEEDE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#EEEDE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#EEECEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

White smoke · ΔE 3.9 Linen · ΔE 4.7 Sea shell · ΔE 5.1 Floral white · ΔE 5.7 Snow · ΔE 5.9 Gainsboro · ΔE 6.4

Nearest named CSS colourWhite smoke (#F5F5F5)ΔE 3.89, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E8E8ED

Analogous#EDEBE8, #EBEDE8

Triadic#E8EDED, #EDE8ED

Split complementary#E8EBED, #EBE8ED

Tetradic#E8EDEB, #E8E8ED, #EDE8EB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFFF

Darker −10%#D7D7CB

Darker −20%#C0C0AF

Darker −30%#AAAA92

Darker −40%#939376

More saturated +25%#F2F2E3

Less saturated −25%#EBEBEB

Channel breakdown

R237

G237

B232

Red237 (92.9%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue232 (91%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)12.2%

Lightness91.96%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR ED · G ED · B E8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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