Recognised as Colour

#EBDC8D

#EBDC8D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EBDC8D is a yellow with RGB values 235, 220, 141 and HSL 50°, 70%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EBDC8D#EBDC8D

HEX#EBDC8D

RGBrgb(235, 220, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.8627, 0.5529

RGB percentages92.2%, 86.3%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(50.4, 70.1%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 40%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 6.4%, 40%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,457,421

CSS custom property--colour: #EBDC8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.15:1

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

Contrast with black15.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#142372

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAD887no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFDD90no 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 36 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 text15.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.4 Navajo white · ΔE 16.4 Moccasin · ΔE 17.1 Wheat · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.13, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8D9CEB

Analogous#EBAD8D, #CBEB8D

Triadic#8DEBDC, #DC8DEB

Split complementary#8DCBEB, #AD8DEB

Tetradic#8DEBAD, #8D9CEB, #EB8DCB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF7E4

Lighter +10%#F3E9B8

Darker −10%#E3CF62

Darker −20%#DCC136

Darker −30%#BEA521

Darker −40%#927F1A

More saturated +25%#FCE77C

Less saturated −25%#DAD19E

Channel breakdown

R235

G220

B141

Red235 (92.2%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue50.43°

Saturation (HSL)70.15%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G DC · B 8D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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