Colour

#EADDAC

#EADDAC
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#EADDAC is a yellow with RGB values 234, 221, 172 and HSL 47°, 60%, 80%. 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

#EADDAC#EADDAC

HEX#EADDAC

RGBrgb(234, 221, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.8667, 0.6745

RGB percentages91.8%, 86.7%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(47.4, 59.6%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.4, 26.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 26.5%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,392,172

CSS custom property--colour: #EADDAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.44:1

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

Contrast with black15.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#152253

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7DAA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

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

Tritanopia#F4D6D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 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 text15.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 5 Moccasin · ΔE 6.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.5 Navajo white · ΔE 8.2 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.5 Bisque · ΔE 10.8

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 5.01, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ACB9EA

Analogous#EABEAC, #D8EAAC

Triadic#ACEADD, #DDACEA

Split complementary#ACD8EA, #BEACEA

Tetradic#ACEABE, #ACB9EA, #EAACD8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFEFD

Lighter +10%#F4EED5

Darker −10%#E0CC83

Darker −20%#D5BC5B

Darker −30%#CAAA33

Darker −40%#A18829

More saturated +25%#F7E59F

Less saturated −25%#DDD5B9

Channel breakdown

R234

G221

B172

Red234 (91.8%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue47.42°

Saturation (HSL)59.62%

Lightness79.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G DD · B AC

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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