Colour

#FFED8B

#FFED8B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFED8B is a yellow with RGB values 255, 237, 139 and HSL 51°, 100%, 77%. 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

#FFED8B#FFED8B

HEX#FFED8B

RGBrgb(255, 237, 139)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9294, 0.5451

RGB percentages100%, 92.9%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(50.7, 100%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 45.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 45.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,491

CSS custom property--colour: #FFED8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83692WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.74:1

Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA

Inverted#001274

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEE883no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEF8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.5 Navajo white · ΔE 24.2 Moccasin · ΔE 24.9 Wheat · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.85, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B9DFF

Analogous#FFB38B, #D7FF8B

Triadic#8BFFED, #ED8BFF

Split complementary#8BD7FF, #B38BFF

Tetradic#8BFFB3, #8B9DFF, #FF8BD7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFDF1

Lighter +10%#FFF5BE

Darker −10%#FFE558

Darker −20%#FFDD25

Darker −30%#F1CC00

Darker −40%#BEA100

More saturated +25%#FFED8B

Less saturated −25%#F1E39A

Channel breakdown

R255

G237

B139

Red255 (100%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue50.69°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness77.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G ED · B 8B

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Colour values

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