Colour

#EADDA9

#EADDA9
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#EADDA9 is a yellow with RGB values 234, 221, 169 and HSL 48°, 61%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#EADDA9#EADDA9

HEX#EADDA9

RGBrgb(234, 221, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.8667, 0.6627

RGB percentages91.8%, 86.7%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(48, 60.7%, 79%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 27.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 27.8%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,392,169

CSS custom property--colour: #EADDA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7207WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.41:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#152256

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8DAA6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBDFABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F4D5CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.3 Moccasin · ΔE 7 Navajo white · ΔE 8.3 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11 Bisque · ΔE 12

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 6.02, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A9B6EA

Analogous#EABDA9, #D6EAA9

Triadic#A9EADD, #DDA9EA

Split complementary#A9D7EA, #BCA9EA

Tetradic#A9EABC, #A9B6EA, #EAA9D7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFDFB

Lighter +10%#F4EDD2

Darker −10%#E0CD80

Darker −20%#D6BD57

Darker −30%#C9AB31

Darker −40%#A08827

More saturated +25%#F7E59C

Less saturated −25%#DDD5B6

Channel breakdown

R234

G221

B169

Red234 (91.8%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)60.75%

Lightness79.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G DD · B A9

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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