Colour

#EBD798

#EBD798
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EBD798 is a yellow with RGB values 235, 215, 152 and HSL 46°, 67%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EBD798#EBD798

HEX#EBD798

RGBrgb(235, 215, 152)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.8431, 0.5961

RGB percentages92.2%, 84.3%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(45.5, 67.5%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.5, 35.3%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 8.5%, 35.3%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,456,152

CSS custom property--colour: #EBD798;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6853WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.71:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#142867

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4D494no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9DA9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F8CDC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.7 Navajo white · ΔE 9.3 Moccasin · ΔE 10.1 Wheat · ΔE 10.7 Burlywood · ΔE 13.5 Khaki · ΔE 13.9

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.67, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#98ACEB

Analogous#EBAE98, #D5EB98

Triadic#98EBD7, #D798EB

Split complementary#98D5EB, #AE98EB

Tetradic#98EBAE, #98ACEB, #EB98D5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCF8ED

Lighter +10%#F3E8C3

Darker −10%#E3C66D

Darker −20%#DAB643

Darker −30%#C49E26

Darker −40%#997B1E

More saturated +25%#FADF89

Less saturated −25%#DCCFA7

Channel breakdown

R235

G215

B152

Red235 (92.2%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue45.54°

Saturation (HSL)67.48%

Lightness75.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G D7 · B 98

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