Colour

#EBDC8A

#EBDC8A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EBDC8A is a yellow with RGB values 235, 220, 138 and HSL 51°, 71%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EBDC8A#EBDC8A

HEX#EBDC8A

RGBrgb(235, 220, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.8627, 0.5412

RGB percentages92.2%, 86.3%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(50.7, 70.8%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 41.3%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 6.4%, 41.3%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,457,418

CSS custom property--colour: #EBDC8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70684WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.14:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#142375

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD784no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFDD8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F8D1C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.5 Navajo white · ΔE 17.7 Moccasin · ΔE 18.4 Wheat · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.05, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A99EB

Analogous#EBAC8A, #C9EB8A

Triadic#8AEBDC, #DC8AEB

Split complementary#8AC9EB, #AC8AEB

Tetradic#8AEBAB, #8A99EB, #EB8AC9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF6E1

Lighter +10%#F2E9B6

Darker −10%#E4CF5E

Darker −20%#DCC233

Darker −30%#BCA420

Darker −40%#907E19

More saturated +25%#FCE879

Less saturated −25%#DAD09B

Channel breakdown

R235

G220

B138

Red235 (92.2%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue50.72°

Saturation (HSL)70.8%

Lightness73.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G DC · B 8A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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