Recognised as Colour

#EBD95F

#EBD95F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EBD95F is a yellow with RGB values 235, 217, 95 and HSL 52°, 78%, 65%. 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

#EBD95F#EBD95F

HEX#EBD95F

RGBrgb(235, 217, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.851, 0.3725

RGB percentages92.2%, 85.1%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(52.3, 77.8%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 59.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.7%, 59.6%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,456,607

CSS custom property--colour: #EBD95F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.62:1

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

Contrast with black14.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#1426A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD352no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1DB65no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FCCBBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.9 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 text14.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 24 Dark khaki · ΔE 25 Gold · ΔE 27 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.3 Yellow green · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F71EB

Analogous#EB935F, #B7EB5F

Triadic#5FEBD9, #D95FEB

Split complementary#5FB7EB, #935FEB

Tetradic#5FEB93, #5F71EB, #EB5FB7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF9E7

Lighter +20%#F6EFBA

Lighter +10%#F1E48C

Darker −10%#E5CE32

Darker −20%#CBB419

Darker −30%#9D8C14

Darker −40%#70630E

More saturated +25%#FFE84B

Less saturated −25%#D4C875

Channel breakdown

R235

G217

B95

Red235 (92.2%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue52.29°

Saturation (HSL)77.78%

Lightness64.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G D9 · B 5F

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Colour harmonies

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