Colour

#FFED8C

#FFED8C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFED8C is a yellow with RGB values 255, 237, 140 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

#FFED8C#FFED8C

HEX#FFED8C

RGBrgb(255, 237, 140)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9294, 0.549

RGB percentages100%, 92.9%, 54.9%

HSLhsl(50.6, 100%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 45.1%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 45.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,492

CSS custom property--colour: #FFED8C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83722WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.8 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#001273

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEE884no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEF90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D6no 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 5.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.3 Navajo white · ΔE 23.8 Moccasin · ΔE 24.4 Wheat · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.55, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8C9EFF

Analogous#FFB48C, #D8FF8C

Triadic#8CFFED, #ED8CFF

Split complementary#8CD8FF, #B48CFF

Tetradic#8CFFB3, #8C9EFF, #FF8CD7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFDF2

Lighter +10%#FFF5BF

Darker −10%#FFE559

Darker −20%#FFDD26

Darker −30%#F2CC00

Darker −40%#BFA100

More saturated +25%#FFED8C

Less saturated −25%#F1E39A

Channel breakdown

R255

G237

B140

Red255 (100%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue140 (54.9%)

Hue50.61°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness77.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G ED · B 8C

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