Recognised as Colour

#EAD986

#EAD986
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EAD986 is a yellow with RGB values 234, 217, 134 and HSL 50°, 70%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EAD986#EAD986

HEX#EAD986

RGBrgb(234, 217, 134)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.851, 0.5255

RGB percentages91.8%, 85.1%, 52.5%

HSLhsl(49.8, 70.4%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 42.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 7.3%, 42.7%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,391,110

CSS custom property--colour: #EAD986;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.77:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#152679

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8D580no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDDB89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#F8CEC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.9 Navajo white · ΔE 18.1 Moccasin · ΔE 19.1 Burlywood · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.69, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8697EA

Analogous#EAA786, #C9EA86

Triadic#86EAD9, #D986EA

Split complementary#86C9EA, #A786EA

Tetradic#86EAA7, #8697EA, #EA86C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F4DD

Lighter +10%#F2E7B1

Darker −10%#E2CB5B

Darker −20%#DBBE2F

Darker −30%#B79D20

Darker −40%#8C7818

More saturated +25%#FCE574

Less saturated −25%#D8CD98

Channel breakdown

R234

G217

B134

Red234 (91.8%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue134 (52.5%)

Hue49.8°

Saturation (HSL)70.42%

Lightness72.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G D9 · B 86

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