Colour

#EAE1AA

#EAE1AA
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EAE1AA is a yellow with RGB values 234, 225, 170 and HSL 52°, 60%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EAE1AA#EAE1AA

HEX#EAE1AA

RGBrgb(234, 225, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.8824, 0.6667

RGB percentages91.8%, 88.2%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(51.6, 60.4%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 27.4%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 3.8%, 27.4%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,393,194

CSS custom property--colour: #EAE1AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74245WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.85:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#151E55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECDDA6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#EEE1ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F4D9D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.1 Wheat · ΔE 8 Moccasin · ΔE 8.4 Navajo white · ΔE 9.9 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.4 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.11, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AAB3EA

Analogous#EAC1AA, #D3EAAA

Triadic#AAEAE1, #E1AAEA

Split complementary#AAD3EA, #C1AAEA

Tetradic#AAEAC1, #AAB3EA, #EAAAD3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFEFC

Lighter +10%#F4EFD3

Darker −10%#E0D381

Darker −20%#D6C458

Darker −30%#C9B432

Darker −40%#A08F28

More saturated +25%#F7EB9D

Less saturated −25%#DDD7B7

Channel breakdown

R234

G225

B170

Red234 (91.8%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue51.56°

Saturation (HSL)60.38%

Lightness79.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G E1 · B AA

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