Colour

#EADD6A

#EADD6A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EADD6A is a yellow with RGB values 234, 221, 106 and HSL 54°, 75%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EADD6A#EADD6A

HEX#EADD6A

RGBrgb(234, 221, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.8667, 0.4157

RGB percentages91.8%, 86.7%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(53.9, 75.3%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.9, 54.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 54.7%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,392,106

CSS custom property--colour: #EADD6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.05:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#152295

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EED75Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2DD70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FAD0C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.2 Gold · ΔE 31 Yellow green · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A77EA

Analogous#EA9D6A, #B7EA6A

Triadic#6AEADD, #DD6AEA

Split complementary#6AB7EA, #9D6AEA

Tetradic#6AEA9D, #6A77EA, #EA6AB7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFCF0

Lighter +20%#F7F1C3

Lighter +10%#F0E797

Darker −10%#E4D33D

Darker −20%#D1BE1D

Darker −30%#A49617

Darker −40%#776D11

More saturated +25%#FFEE55

Less saturated −25%#D5CC7F

Channel breakdown

R234

G221

B106

Red234 (91.8%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue53.91°

Saturation (HSL)75.29%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G DD · B 6A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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