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Recognised as Colour

#EDEFBB

  • #EDEFBB
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#EDEFBB is a yellow with RGB values 237, 239, 187 and HSL 62°, 62%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#EDEFBB#EDEFBB
HEX#EDEFBB
RGBrgb(237, 239, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9373, 0.7333
RGB percentages92.9%, 93.7%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(62.3, 61.9%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62.3, 21.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK0.8%, 0%, 21.8%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,593,403
CSS custom property--colour: #EDEFBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83325WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.67:1
Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB
Inverted#121044

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F8EAB8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#F8ECBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F4E8E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 6.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.5Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.6Wheat · ΔE 11.2Moccasin · ΔE 11.6Light yellow · ΔE 12.5
Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 6.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDBBEF
Analogous#EFD7BB, #D3EFBB
Triadic#BBEDEF, #EFBBED
Split complementary#BBD3EF, #D7BBEF
Tetradic#BBEFD7, #BDBBEF, #EFBBD3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8F9E4
Darker −10%#E2E592
Darker −20%#D7DC68
Darker −30%#CCD23F
Darker −40%#AEB42A
More saturated +25%#F7FAB0
Less saturated −25%#E3E4C5

Channel breakdown

R237
G239
B187
Red237 (92.9%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue62.31°
Saturation (HSL)61.9%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR ED · G EF · B BB

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