Colour

#EAD578

#EAD578
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EAD578 is a yellow with RGB values 234, 213, 120 and HSL 49°, 73%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EAD578#EAD578

HEX#EAD578

RGBrgb(234, 213, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.8353, 0.4706

RGB percentages91.8%, 83.5%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(48.9, 73.1%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 48.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 9%, 48.7%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,390,072

CSS custom property--colour: #EAD578;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66437WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.29:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#152A87

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5D170no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBD87Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F9C9BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.5 Navajo white · ΔE 22.6 Burlywood · ΔE 23.2 Moccasin · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.44, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#788DEA

Analogous#EA9C78, #C6EA78

Triadic#78EAD5, #D578EA

Split complementary#78C6EA, #9C78EA

Tetradic#78EA9C, #788DEA, #EA78C6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFC

Lighter +20%#F8F0D0

Lighter +10%#F1E3A4

Darker −10%#E3C74C

Darker −20%#DAB822

Darker −30%#AE931B

Darker −40%#826E14

More saturated +25%#FEE165

Less saturated −25%#D7C98C

Channel breakdown

R234

G213

B120

Red234 (91.8%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue48.95°

Saturation (HSL)73.08%

Lightness69.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G D5 · B 78

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