Colour

#FFED5D

#FFED5D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFED5D is a yellow with RGB values 255, 237, 93 and HSL 53°, 100%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFED5D#FFED5D

HEX#FFED5D

RGBrgb(255, 237, 93)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9294, 0.3647

RGB percentages100%, 92.9%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(53.3, 100%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.3, 63.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 63.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,445

CSS custom property--colour: #FFED5D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.52:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#0012A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE64Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEE65no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDDCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 20.3 Khaki · ΔE 24.7 Yellow · ΔE 27.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.9 Yellow green · ΔE 32.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 36

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 20.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D6FFF

Analogous#FF9C5D, #C0FF5D

Triadic#5DFFED, #ED5DFF

Split complementary#5DC0FF, #9C5DFF

Tetradic#5DFF9C, #5D6FFF, #FF5DC0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEF6

Lighter +20%#FFF8C3

Lighter +10%#FFF390

Darker −10%#FFE72A

Darker −20%#F6DB00

Darker −30%#C3AD00

Darker −40%#908000

More saturated +25%#FFED5D

Less saturated −25%#EBDD71

Channel breakdown

R255

G237

B93

Red255 (100%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue53.33°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness68.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G ED · B 5D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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