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Recognised as Colour

#EBD68A

  • #EBD68A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#EBD68A is a yellow with RGB values 235, 214, 138 and HSL 47°, 71%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EBD68A#EBD68A
HEX#EBD68A
RGBrgb(235, 214, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.8392, 0.5412
RGB percentages92.2%, 83.9%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(47, 70.8%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47, 41.3%, 92.2%)
CMYK0%, 8.9%, 41.3%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,455,882
CSS custom property--colour: #EBD68A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6759WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.52:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#142975

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5D384no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#EAD98Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#F9CBC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.4Dark khaki · ΔE 13.7Navajo white · ΔE 14.7Moccasin · ΔE 16Burlywood · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A9FEB
Analogous#EBA58A, #CFEB8A
Triadic#8AEBD6, #D68AEB
Split complementary#8AD0EB, #A58AEB
Tetradic#8AEBA5, #8A9FEB, #EB8AD0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAF5E1
Lighter +10%#F2E5B6
Darker −10%#E4C75E
Darker −20%#DCB733
Darker −30%#BC9A20
Darker −40%#907619
More saturated +25%#FCE079
Less saturated −25%#DACC9B

Channel breakdown

R235
G214
B138
Red235 (92.2%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue47.01°
Saturation (HSL)70.8%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EB · G D6 · B 8A

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