Recognised as Colour

#EDEFD7

#EDEFD7
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Beige

#EDEFD7 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 239, 215 and HSL 65°, 43%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#EDEFD7#EDEFD7

HEX#EDEFD7

RGBrgb(237, 239, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9373, 0.8431

RGB percentages92.9%, 93.7%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(65, 42.9%, 89%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65, 10%, 93.7%)

CMYK0.8%, 0%, 10%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,593,431

CSS custom property--colour: #EDEFD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness235.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.93:1

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

Contrast with black17.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED

Inverted#121028

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3EDD6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3EDD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F1ECE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 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 text17.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 2.4 Cornsilk · ΔE 5.4 Light yellow · ΔE 6.5 Antique white · ΔE 6.6 Old lace · ΔE 6.6 Papaya whip · ΔE 6.9

Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 2.38, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D9D7EF

Analogous#EFE5D7, #E1EFD7

Triadic#D7EDEF, #EFD7ED

Split complementary#D7E1EF, #E5D7EF

Tetradic#D7EFE5, #D9D7EF, #EFD7E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FDFEFB

Darker −10%#DDE0B3

Darker −20%#CCD28E

Darker −30%#BCC36A

Darker −40%#AAB347

More saturated +25%#F3F6D0

Less saturated −25%#E7E8DE

Channel breakdown

R237

G239

B215

Red237 (92.9%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue65°

Saturation (HSL)42.86%

Lightness89.02%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR ED · G EF · B D7

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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