Recognised as Colour

#EBD878

#EBD878
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EBD878 is a yellow with RGB values 235, 216, 120 and HSL 50°, 74%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EBD878#EBD878

HEX#EBD878

RGBrgb(235, 216, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.8471, 0.4706

RGB percentages92.2%, 84.7%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(50.1, 74.2%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 48.9%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 8.1%, 48.9%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,456,376

CSS custom property--colour: #EBD878;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6813WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.63:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#142787

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8D370no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EEDA7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FACCC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.1 Navajo white · ΔE 23.8 Burlywood · ΔE 24.9 Moccasin · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.87, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#788BEB

Analogous#EB9E78, #C5EB78

Triadic#78EBD8, #D878EB

Split complementary#78C4EB, #9E78EB

Tetradic#78EB9F, #788BEB, #EB78C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFD

Lighter +20%#F8F2D1

Lighter +10%#F2E5A4

Darker −10%#E4CB4C

Darker −20%#DCBD21

Darker −30%#B0971A

Darker −40%#847113

More saturated +25%#FEE565

Less saturated −25%#D8CB8B

Channel breakdown

R235

G216

B120

Red235 (92.2%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue50.09°

Saturation (HSL)74.19%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G D8 · B 78

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