Colour

#EBD855

#EBD855
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EBD855 is a yellow with RGB values 235, 216, 85 and HSL 52°, 79%, 63%. 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

#EBD855#EBD855

HEX#EBD855

RGBrgb(235, 216, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.8471, 0.3333

RGB percentages92.2%, 84.7%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(52.4, 78.9%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 63.8%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 8.1%, 63.8%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,456,341

CSS custom property--colour: #EBD855;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.49:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#1427AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD245no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DA5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FCCABDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57 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 text14.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.9 Gold · ΔE 23.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.3 Yellow green · ΔE 31 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5568EB

Analogous#EB8D55, #B3EB55

Triadic#55EBD8, #D855EB

Split complementary#55B3EB, #8D55EB

Tetradic#55EB8D, #5568EB, #EB55B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBF7DE

Lighter +20%#F6EDB0

Lighter +10%#F0E283

Darker −10%#E6CE27

Darker −20%#C3AD17

Darker −30%#958512

Darker −40%#685C0C

More saturated +25%#FFE741

Less saturated −25%#D3C66D

Channel breakdown

R235

G216

B85

Red235 (92.2%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue52.4°

Saturation (HSL)78.95%

Lightness62.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G D8 · B 55

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