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Recognised as Colour

#EAD991

  • #EAD991
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EAD991 is a yellow with RGB values 234, 217, 145 and HSL 49°, 68%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EAD991#EAD991
HEX#EAD991
RGBrgb(234, 217, 145)
RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.851, 0.5686
RGB percentages91.8%, 85.1%, 56.9%
HSLhsl(48.5, 67.9%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 38%, 91.8%)
CMYK0%, 7.3%, 38%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,391,121
CSS custom property--colour: #EAD991;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.83:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#15266E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7D58Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#ECDB94no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#F7CFC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.1 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 text14.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.6Khaki · ΔE 9.5Navajo white · ΔE 13.3Moccasin · ΔE 14.1Dark khaki · ΔE 14.1Wheat · ΔE 15
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#91A2EA
Analogous#EAAC91, #CFEA91
Triadic#91EAD9, #D991EA
Split complementary#91CFEA, #AC91EA
Tetradic#91EAAC, #91A2EA, #EA91CF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAF7E7
Lighter +10%#F2E8BC
Darker −10%#E2CA66
Darker −20%#DABB3B
Darker −30%#BEA024
Darker −40%#937C1C
More saturated +25%#FAE381
Less saturated −25%#DACFA1

Channel breakdown

R234
G217
B145
Red234 (91.8%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue145 (56.9%)
Hue48.54°
Saturation (HSL)67.94%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EA · G D9 · B 91

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