Recognised as Colour

#EAD778

#EAD778
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EAD778 is a yellow with RGB values 234, 215, 120 and HSL 50°, 73%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EAD778#EAD778

HEX#EAD778

RGBrgb(234, 215, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.8431, 0.4706

RGB percentages91.8%, 84.3%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(50, 73.1%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 48.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 8.1%, 48.7%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,390,584

CSS custom property--colour: #EAD778;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67449WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.49:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#152887

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7D270no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDD97Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F9CBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 16 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.8 Navajo white · ΔE 23.5 Burlywood · ΔE 24.4 Moccasin · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.88, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#788BEA

Analogous#EA9E78, #C4EA78

Triadic#78EAD7, #D778EA

Split complementary#78C4EA, #9E78EA

Tetradic#78EA9E, #788BEA, #EA78C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFC

Lighter +20%#F8F1D0

Lighter +10%#F1E4A4

Darker −10%#E3CA4C

Darker −20%#DABB22

Darker −30%#AE951B

Darker −40%#827014

More saturated +25%#FEE465

Less saturated −25%#D7CA8C

Channel breakdown

R234

G215

B120

Red234 (91.8%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)73.08%

Lightness69.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G D7 · B 78

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