Recognised as Colour

#EADB59

#EADB59
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EADB59 is a yellow with RGB values 234, 219, 89 and HSL 54°, 78%, 63%. 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

#EADB59#EADB59

HEX#EADB59

RGBrgb(234, 219, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.8588, 0.349

RGB percentages91.8%, 85.9%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(53.8, 77.5%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.8, 62%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 6.4%, 62%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,391,577

CSS custom property--colour: #EADB59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68877WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.78:1

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

Contrast with black14.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#1524A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDD44Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2DB60no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FBCDBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.3 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 text14.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 19.3 Gold · ΔE 24.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.8 Yellow green · ΔE 29.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 19.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5968EA

Analogous#EA9359, #B0EA59

Triadic#59EADB, #DB59EA

Split complementary#59B1EA, #9259EA

Tetradic#59EA93, #5968EA, #EA59B1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBF8E1

Lighter +20%#F5EFB4

Lighter +10%#F0E586

Darker −10%#E4D12C

Darker −20%#C4B219

Darker −30%#978913

Darker −40%#6A600D

More saturated +25%#FFEC44

Less saturated −25%#D3C870

Channel breakdown

R234

G219

B89

Red234 (91.8%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue53.79°

Saturation (HSL)77.54%

Lightness63.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G DB · B 59

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