Recognised as Colour

#EAD569

#EAD569
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EAD569 is a yellow with RGB values 234, 213, 105 and HSL 50°, 75%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EAD569#EAD569

HEX#EAD569

RGBrgb(234, 213, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.8353, 0.4118

RGB percentages91.8%, 83.5%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(50.2, 75.4%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 55.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 9%, 55.1%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,390,057

CSS custom property--colour: #EAD569;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66101WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.22:1

Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#152A96

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7D05Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD86Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FAC8BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25 Navajo white · ΔE 29.3 Burlywood · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#697EEA

Analogous#EA9569, #BEEA69

Triadic#69EAD5, #D569EA

Split complementary#69BFEA, #9469EA

Tetradic#69EA95, #697EEA, #EA69BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFBEF

Lighter +20%#F7EEC2

Lighter +10%#F0E296

Darker −10%#E4C83C

Darker −20%#D0B31D

Darker −30%#A38C17

Darker −40%#766611

More saturated +25%#FFE354

Less saturated −25%#D5C77E

Channel breakdown

R234

G213

B105

Red234 (91.8%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue50.23°

Saturation (HSL)75.44%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G D5 · B 69

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