Recognised as Colour

#EDF66E

#EDF66E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EDF66E is a yellow with RGB values 237, 246, 110 and HSL 64°, 88%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EDF66E#EDF66E

HEX#EDF66E

RGBrgb(237, 246, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9647, 0.4314

RGB percentages92.9%, 96.5%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(64, 88.3%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64, 55.3%, 96.5%)

CMYK3.7%, 0%, 55.3%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,595,118

CSS custom property--colour: #EDF66E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.01:1

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

Contrast with black18.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA

Inverted#120991

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFEC60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEF76no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FBE9D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.9 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 text18.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 21.9 Yellow green · ΔE 24.8 Gold · ΔE 31.2 Yellow · ΔE 31.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 33.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 34.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 21.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#776EF6

Analogous#F6BB6E, #A9F66E

Triadic#6EEDF6, #F66EED

Split complementary#6EA9F6, #BB6EF6

Tetradic#6EF6BB, #776EF6, #F66EA9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFE

Lighter +20%#F9FCCE

Lighter +10%#F3F99E

Darker −10%#E7F33E

Darker −20%#E0EF0F

Darker −30%#B3BF0C

Darker −40%#868F09

More saturated +25%#F5FF65

Less saturated −25%#DCE381

Channel breakdown

R237

G246

B110

Red237 (92.9%)

Green246 (96.5%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue63.97°

Saturation (HSL)88.31%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR ED · G F6 · B 6E

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