Recognised as Colour

#EAE09A

#EAE09A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EAE09A is a yellow with RGB values 234, 224, 154 and HSL 53°, 66%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EAE09A#EAE09A

HEX#EAE09A

RGBrgb(234, 224, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.8784, 0.6039

RGB percentages91.8%, 87.8%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(52.5, 65.6%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 34.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 4.3%, 34.2%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,392,922

CSS custom property--colour: #EAE09A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73137WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.63:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#151F65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDDC95no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0E09Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F6D7CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.3 Khaki · ΔE 9.8 Moccasin · ΔE 13.4 Navajo white · ΔE 13.5 Wheat · ΔE 14.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.7

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9AA4EA

Analogous#EAB89A, #CCEA9A

Triadic#9AEAE0, #E09AEA

Split complementary#9ACCEA, #B89AEA

Tetradic#9AEAB8, #9AA4EA, #EA9ACC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFAEE

Lighter +10%#F3EDC4

Darker −10%#E1D370

Darker −20%#D8C646

Darker −30%#C3AF28

Darker −40%#988920

More saturated +25%#F9EB8B

Less saturated −25%#DBD5A9

Channel breakdown

R234

G224

B154

Red234 (91.8%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue52.5°

Saturation (HSL)65.57%

Lightness76.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G E0 · B 9A

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