Recognised as Colour

#EAD46C

#EAD46C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EAD46C is a yellow with RGB values 234, 212, 108 and HSL 50°, 75%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EAD46C#EAD46C

HEX#EAD46C

RGBrgb(234, 212, 108)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.8314, 0.4235

RGB percentages91.8%, 83.1%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(49.5, 75%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 53.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 53.8%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,389,804

CSS custom property--colour: #EAD46C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65662WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.13:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#152B93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6CF62no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBD771no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FAC7BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.8 Navajo white · ΔE 27.6 Burlywood · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6C82EA

Analogous#EA956C, #C1EA6C

Triadic#6CEAD4, #D46CEA

Split complementary#6CC1EA, #956CEA

Tetradic#6CEA95, #6C82EA, #EA6CC1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFBF2

Lighter +20%#F7EEC5

Lighter +10%#F0E199

Darker −10%#E4C73F

Darker −20%#D2B31E

Darker −30%#A58D18

Darker −40%#796711

More saturated +25%#FFE257

Less saturated −25%#D5C681

Channel breakdown

R234

G212

B108

Red234 (91.8%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue49.52°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G D4 · B 6C

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