Recognised as Colour

#EAE689

#EAE689
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EAE689 is a yellow with RGB values 234, 230, 137 and HSL 58°, 70%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EAE689#EAE689

HEX#EAE689

RGBrgb(234, 230, 137)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.902, 0.5373

RGB percentages91.8%, 90.2%, 53.7%

HSLhsl(57.5, 69.8%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.5, 41.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 1.7%, 41.5%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,394,441

CSS custom property--colour: #EAE689;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.18:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#151976

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4DF82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7E48Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F7DBCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 2.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.9 Navajo white · ΔE 23.8 Moccasin · ΔE 24 Wheat · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 2.79, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#898DEA

Analogous#EAB589, #BDEA89

Triadic#89EAE6, #E689EA

Split complementary#89BDEA, #B689EA

Tetradic#89EAB5, #898DEA, #EA89BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F8E0

Lighter +10%#F2EFB4

Darker −10%#E2DD5E

Darker −20%#DBD432

Darker −30%#B9B321

Darker −40%#8E8919

More saturated +25%#FBF678

Less saturated −25%#D9D69A

Channel breakdown

R234

G230

B137

Red234 (91.8%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue137 (53.7%)

Hue57.53°

Saturation (HSL)69.78%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G E6 · B 89

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