Colour

#FFED73

#FFED73
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFED73 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 237, 115 and HSL 52°, 100%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFED73#FFED73

HEX#FFED73

RGBrgb(255, 237, 115)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9294, 0.451

RGB percentages100%, 92.9%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(52.3, 100%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 54.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 54.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,467

CSS custom property--colour: #FFED73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83066WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.61:1

Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#00128C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE767no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEE79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDFD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53 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 text17.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 15.6 Gold · ΔE 28.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 29.5 Yellow green · ΔE 34.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 15.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7385FF

Analogous#FFA773, #CBFF73

Triadic#73FFED, #ED73FF

Split complementary#73CBFF, #A773FF

Tetradic#73FFA7, #7385FF, #FF73CB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFAD9

Lighter +10%#FFF4A6

Darker −10%#FFE640

Darker −20%#FFE00D

Darker −30%#D9BD00

Darker −40%#A69100

More saturated +25%#FFED73

Less saturated −25%#EEE084

Channel breakdown

R255

G237

B115

Red255 (100%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue52.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G ED · B 73

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