Colour

#EBD991

#EBD991
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EBD991 is a yellow with RGB values 235, 217, 145 and HSL 48°, 69%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EBD991#EBD991

HEX#EBD991

RGBrgb(235, 217, 145)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.851, 0.5686

RGB percentages92.2%, 85.1%, 56.9%

HSLhsl(48, 69.2%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 38.3%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.7%, 38.3%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,456,657

CSS custom property--colour: #EBD991;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69332WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.87:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#14266E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7D58Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECDC94no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F8CFC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.8 Khaki · ΔE 9.6 Navajo white · ΔE 13.1 Moccasin · ΔE 13.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.3 Wheat · ΔE 15

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8.81, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#91A3EB

Analogous#EBAC91, #D0EB91

Triadic#91EBD9, #D991EB

Split complementary#91D0EB, #AC91EB

Tetradic#91EBAC, #91A3EB, #EB91D0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF7E7

Lighter +10%#F3E8BC

Darker −10%#E3CA66

Darker −20%#DBBB3B

Darker −30%#C0A123

Darker −40%#957D1B

More saturated +25%#FBE381

Less saturated −25%#DBCFA1

Channel breakdown

R235

G217

B145

Red235 (92.2%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue145 (56.9%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)69.23%

Lightness74.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G D9 · B 91

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Colour values

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