Recognised as Colour

#EAD980

#EAD980
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EAD980 is a yellow with RGB values 234, 217, 128 and HSL 50°, 72%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EAD980#EAD980

HEX#EAD980

RGBrgb(234, 217, 128)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.851, 0.502

RGB percentages91.8%, 85.1%, 50.2%

HSLhsl(50.4, 71.6%, 71%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 45.3%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 7.3%, 45.3%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,391,104

CSS custom property--colour: #EAD980;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68677WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.74:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#15267F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D479no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDDB84no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F8CDC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.6 Navajo white · ΔE 20.8 Moccasin · ΔE 21.8 Burlywood · ΔE 22.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.05, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8091EA

Analogous#EAA480, #C6EA80

Triadic#80EAD9, #D980EA

Split complementary#80C6EA, #A480EA

Tetradic#80EAA4, #8091EA, #EA80C6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F3D8

Lighter +10%#F1E6AC

Darker −10%#E3CC54

Darker −20%#DCBF28

Darker −30%#B39B1E

Darker −40%#887516

More saturated +25%#FCE66D

Less saturated −25%#D7CC93

Channel breakdown

R234

G217

B128

Red234 (91.8%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue128 (50.2%)

Hue50.38°

Saturation (HSL)71.62%

Lightness70.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G D9 · B 80

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