Colour

#EAE69A

#EAE69A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EAE69A is a yellow with RGB values 234, 230, 154 and HSL 57°, 66%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EAE69A#EAE69A

HEX#EAE69A

RGBrgb(234, 230, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.902, 0.6039

RGB percentages91.8%, 90.2%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(57, 65.6%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57, 34.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 1.7%, 34.2%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,394,458

CSS custom property--colour: #EAE69A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.28:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#151965

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2E095no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F5E49Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F5DDD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.1 Khaki · ΔE 7.5 Moccasin · ΔE 16.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.8 Navajo white · ΔE 17.1 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 17.7

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.13, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9A9EEA

Analogous#EABE9A, #C6EA9A

Triadic#9AEAE6, #E69AEA

Split complementary#9AC6EA, #BE9AEA

Tetradic#9AEABE, #9A9EEA, #EA9AC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFBEE

Lighter +10%#F3F0C4

Darker −10%#E1DC70

Darker −20%#D8D146

Darker −30%#C3BB28

Darker −40%#989220

More saturated +25%#F9F48B

Less saturated −25%#DBD8A9

Channel breakdown

R234

G230

B154

Red234 (91.8%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue57°

Saturation (HSL)65.57%

Lightness76.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G E6 · B 9A

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