Colour

#FFED83

#FFED83
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFED83 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 237, 131 and HSL 51°, 100%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFED83#FFED83

HEX#FFED83

RGBrgb(255, 237, 131)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9294, 0.5137

RGB percentages100%, 92.9%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(51.3, 100%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 48.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 48.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,483

CSS custom property--colour: #FFED83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83467WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.69:1

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

Contrast with black17.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#00127C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE77Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEF88no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.4 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 text17.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.2 Navajo white · ΔE 27.8 Moccasin · ΔE 28.6 Wheat · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8395FF

Analogous#FFAF83, #D3FF83

Triadic#83FFED, #ED83FF

Split complementary#83D3FF, #AF83FF

Tetradic#83FFAF, #8395FF, #FF83D3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFCE9

Lighter +10%#FFF4B6

Darker −10%#FFE650

Darker −20%#FFDE1D

Darker −30%#E9C700

Darker −40%#B69C00

More saturated +25%#FFED83

Less saturated −25%#F0E293

Channel breakdown

R255

G237

B131

Red255 (100%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue51.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness75.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G ED · B 83

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Colour values

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