Recognised as Colour

#EDEF80

#EDEF80
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDEF80 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 239, 128 and HSL 61°, 78%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDEF80#EDEF80

HEX#EDEF80

RGBrgb(237, 239, 128)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9373, 0.502

RGB percentages92.9%, 93.7%, 50.2%

HSLhsl(61.1, 77.6%, 72%)

HSV / HSBhsv(61.1, 46.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK0.8%, 0%, 46.4%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,593,344

CSS custom property--colour: #EDEF80;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.26:1

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

Contrast with black17.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#12107F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEE776no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEB85no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FAE3D5no 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 text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.4 Yellow green · ΔE 30.4 Navajo white · ΔE 32.1 Moccasin · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8280EF

Analogous#EFB980, #B6EF80

Triadic#80EDEF, #EF80ED

Split complementary#80B6EF, #B980EF

Tetradic#80EFB9, #8280EF, #EF80B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAFADB

Lighter +10%#F3F5AD

Darker −10%#E7E953

Darker −20%#E0E425

Darker −30%#BBBE18

Darker −40%#8E9112

More saturated +25%#FCFF70

Less saturated −25%#DCDD92

Channel breakdown

R237

G239

B128

Red237 (92.9%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue128 (50.2%)

Hue61.08°

Saturation (HSL)77.62%

Lightness71.96%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR ED · G EF · B 80

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Colour values

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