Colour

#FFED95

#FFED95
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFED95 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 237, 149 and HSL 50°, 100%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFED95#FFED95

HEX#FFED95

RGBrgb(255, 237, 149)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9294, 0.5843

RGB percentages100%, 92.9%, 58.4%

HSLhsl(49.8, 100%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 41.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 41.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,501

CSS custom property--colour: #FFED95;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness234.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.8:1

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

Contrast with black17.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA

Inverted#00126A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDE88Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEF98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE1D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.9 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 text17.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.1 Navajo white · ΔE 19.7 Moccasin · ΔE 20.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 21 Wheat · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.51, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#95A7FF

Analogous#FFB895, #DCFF95

Triadic#95FFED, #ED95FF

Split complementary#95DCFF, #B895FF

Tetradic#95FFB8, #95A7FF, #FF95DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFEFB

Lighter +10%#FFF6C8

Darker −10%#FFE462

Darker −20%#FFDC2F

Darker −30%#FBD000

Darker −40%#C8A600

More saturated +25%#FFED95

Less saturated −25%#F2E4A2

Channel breakdown

R255

G237

B149

Red255 (100%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue149 (58.4%)

Hue49.81°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness79.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G ED · B 95

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