Recognised as Colour

#EAEC8D

#EAEC8D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EAEC8D is a yellow with RGB values 234, 236, 141 and HSL 61°, 71%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EAEC8D#EAEC8D

HEX#EAEC8D

RGBrgb(234, 236, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.9255, 0.5529

RGB percentages91.8%, 92.5%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(61.3, 71.4%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(61.3, 40.3%, 92.5%)

CMYK0.8%, 0%, 40.3%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,395,981

CSS custom property--colour: #EAEC8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79406WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.88:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#151372

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE586no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE891no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F6E1D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.9 Moccasin · ΔE 25.6 Navajo white · ΔE 25.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.37, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8F8DEC

Analogous#ECBF8D, #BAEC8D

Triadic#8DEAEC, #EC8DEA

Split complementary#8DBAEC, #BF8DEC

Tetradic#8DECBF, #8F8DEC, #EC8DBA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAFBE4

Lighter +10%#F2F3B9

Darker −10%#E2E561

Darker −20%#DADD36

Darker −30%#BDC020

Darker −40%#929419

More saturated +25%#FAFD7C

Less saturated −25%#DADB9E

Channel breakdown

R234

G236

B141

Red234 (91.8%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue61.26°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR EA · G EC · B 8D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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