Recognised as Colour

#EAE57C

#EAE57C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EAE57C is a yellow with RGB values 234, 229, 124 and HSL 57°, 72%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EAE57C#EAE57C

HEX#EAE57C

RGBrgb(234, 229, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.898, 0.4863

RGB percentages91.8%, 89.8%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(57.3, 72.4%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.3, 47%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 2.1%, 47%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,394,172

CSS custom property--colour: #EAE57C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74986WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#151A83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4DE73no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7E381no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F8D9CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.2 Navajo white · ΔE 28.7 Moccasin · ΔE 29.2 Wheat · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.36, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7C81EA

Analogous#EAAE7C, #B8EA7C

Triadic#7CEAE5, #E57CEA

Split complementary#7CB8EA, #AE7CEA

Tetradic#7CEAAE, #7C81EA, #EA7CB8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F6D4

Lighter +10%#F1EEA8

Darker −10%#E3DC50

Darker −20%#DCD424

Darker −30%#B1AA1C

Darker −40%#858015

More saturated +25%#FDF669

Less saturated −25%#D7D48F

Channel breakdown

R234

G229

B124

Red234 (91.8%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue57.27°

Saturation (HSL)72.37%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G E5 · B 7C

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