Recognised as Colour

#EBD661

#EBD661
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EBD661 is a yellow with RGB values 235, 214, 97 and HSL 51°, 78%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EBD661#EBD661

HEX#EBD661

RGBrgb(235, 214, 97)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.8392, 0.3804

RGB percentages92.2%, 83.9%, 38%

HSLhsl(50.9, 77.5%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 58.7%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 58.7%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,455,841

CSS custom property--colour: #EBD661;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.32:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#14299E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8D155no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#EED967no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FCC8BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 15.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.3 Gold · ΔE 28.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 15.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6176EB

Analogous#EB9161, #BBEB61

Triadic#61EBD6, #D661EB

Split complementary#61BBEB, #9161EB

Tetradic#61EB91, #6176EB, #EB61BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF9E9

Lighter +20%#F6EDBC

Lighter +10%#F1E28E

Darker −10%#E5CA34

Darker −20%#CCB11A

Darker −30%#9F8A14

Darker −40%#72630E

More saturated +25%#FFE44D

Less saturated −25%#D5C777

Channel breakdown

R235

G214

B97

Red235 (92.2%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue97 (38%)

Hue50.87°

Saturation (HSL)77.53%

Lightness65.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G D6 · B 61

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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