Colour

#EAD86F

#EAD86F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EAD86F is a yellow with RGB values 234, 216, 111 and HSL 51°, 75%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EAD86F#EAD86F

HEX#EAD86F

RGBrgb(234, 216, 111)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.8471, 0.4353

RGB percentages91.8%, 84.7%, 43.5%

HSLhsl(51.2, 74.5%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 52.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 7.7%, 52.6%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,390,831

CSS custom property--colour: #EAD86F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67752WCAG 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 14.55:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#152790

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D365no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EEDA74no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FACBC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.6 Navajo white · ΔE 28 Burlywood · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6F81EA

Analogous#EA9B6F, #BEEA6F

Triadic#6FEAD8, #D86FEA

Split complementary#6FBEEA, #9B6FEA

Tetradic#6FEA9B, #6F81EA, #EA6FBE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFCF5

Lighter +20%#F7F0C8

Lighter +10%#F0E49C

Darker −10%#E4CC42

Darker −20%#D4BA1F

Darker −30%#A89318

Darker −40%#7B6C12

More saturated +25%#FFE75A

Less saturated −25%#D5C984

Channel breakdown

R234

G216

B111

Red234 (91.8%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue111 (43.5%)

Hue51.22°

Saturation (HSL)74.55%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G D8 · B 6F

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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