Recognised as Colour

#EAECD5

#EAECD5
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Beige

#EAECD5 is a yellow with RGB values 234, 236, 213 and HSL 65°, 38%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#EAECD5#EAECD5

HEX#EAECD5

RGBrgb(234, 236, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.9255, 0.8353

RGB percentages91.8%, 92.5%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(65.2, 37.7%, 88%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.2, 9.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK0.8%, 0%, 9.7%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,396,053

CSS custom property--colour: #EAECD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82287WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.46:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA

Inverted#15132A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0EAD4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0EAD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#EDE9E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 3.5 Cornsilk · ΔE 6.3 Antique white · ΔE 6.5 Old lace · ΔE 6.9 Papaya whip · ΔE 7.3 Light yellow · ΔE 7.7

Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 3.46, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D7D5EC

Analogous#ECE3D5, #DEECD5

Triadic#D5EAEC, #ECD5EA

Split complementary#D5DEEC, #E3D5EC

Tetradic#D5ECE3, #D7D5EC, #ECD5DE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FCFCF8

Darker −10%#D8DCB2

Darker −20%#C7CC8F

Darker −30%#B5BC6C

Darker −40%#A1A94C

More saturated +25%#F0F4CD

Less saturated −25%#E4E4DD

Channel breakdown

R234

G236

B213

Red234 (91.8%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue65.22°

Saturation (HSL)37.7%

Lightness88.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR EA · G EC · B D5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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