Colour

#EAD359

#EAD359
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EAD359 is a yellow with RGB values 234, 211, 89 and HSL 50°, 78%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EAD359#EAD359

HEX#EAD359

RGBrgb(234, 211, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.8275, 0.349

RGB percentages91.8%, 82.7%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(50.5, 77.5%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 62%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 62%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,389,529

CSS custom property--colour: #EAD359;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.96:1

Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#152CA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6CE4Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD65Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FBC5B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 25 Gold · ΔE 26 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5970EA

Analogous#EA8B59, #B9EA59

Triadic#59EAD3, #D359EA

Split complementary#59B9EA, #8B59EA

Tetradic#59EA8B, #5970EA, #EA59B8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBF7E1

Lighter +20%#F5EBB4

Lighter +10%#F0DF86

Darker −10%#E4C72C

Darker −20%#C4A919

Darker −30%#978213

Darker −40%#6A5B0D

More saturated +25%#FFE144

Less saturated −25%#D3C370

Channel breakdown

R234

G211

B89

Red234 (91.8%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue50.48°

Saturation (HSL)77.54%

Lightness63.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G D3 · B 59

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Colour values

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