Recognised as Colour

#EADD73

#EADD73
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EADD73 is a yellow with RGB values 234, 221, 115 and HSL 53°, 74%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EADD73#EADD73

HEX#EADD73

RGBrgb(234, 221, 115)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.8667, 0.451

RGB percentages91.8%, 86.7%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(53.4, 73.9%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.4, 50.9%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 50.9%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,392,115

CSS custom property--colour: #EADD73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70443WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.09:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#15228C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EED769no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2DD78no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F9D0C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.5 Navajo white · ΔE 28.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.8 Moccasin · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.68, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7380EA

Analogous#EAA273, #BBEA73

Triadic#73EADD, #DD73EA

Split complementary#73BCEA, #A173EA

Tetradic#73EAA2, #7380EA, #EA73BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFDF8

Lighter +20%#F7F3CC

Lighter +10%#F1E89F

Darker −10%#E3D247

Darker −20%#D7C320

Darker −30%#AA9B1A

Darker −40%#7E7213

More saturated +25%#FEED5F

Less saturated −25%#D6CD87

Channel breakdown

R234

G221

B115

Red234 (91.8%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue53.45°

Saturation (HSL)73.91%

Lightness68.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G DD · B 73

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