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Colour

#FFEDAA

  • #FFEDAA
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FFEDAA is a yellow with RGB values 255, 237, 170 and HSL 47°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FFEDAA#FFEDAA
HEX#FFEDAA
RGBrgb(255, 237, 170)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.9294, 0.6667
RGB percentages100%, 92.9%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(47.3, 100%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.3, 33.3%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 7.1%, 33.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,772,522
CSS custom property--colour: #FFEDAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84731WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness236 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.95:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#001255

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FBEAA5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF0ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FFE3DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6Moccasin · ΔE 10.4Navajo white · ΔE 10.9Khaki · ΔE 12.2Wheat · ΔE 12.6Lemon chiffon · ΔE 13.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AABCFF
Analogous#FFC3AA, #E6FFAA
Triadic#AAFFED, #EDAAFF
Split complementary#AAE7FF, #C2AAFF
Tetradic#AAFFC3, #AABCFF, #FFAAE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFF8DD
Darker −10%#FFE277
Darker −20%#FFD744
Darker −30%#FFCD11
Darker −40%#DDAE00
More saturated +25%#FFEDAA
Less saturated −25%#F4E7B5

Channel breakdown

R255
G237
B170
Red255 (100%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue47.29°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G ED · B AA

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