Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#EBDF99

  • #EBDF99
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EBDF99 is a yellow with RGB values 235, 223, 153 and HSL 51°, 67%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EBDF99#EBDF99
HEX#EBDF99
RGBrgb(235, 223, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.8745, 0.6
RGB percentages92.2%, 87.5%, 60%
HSLhsl(51.2, 67.2%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 34.9%, 92.2%)
CMYK0%, 5.1%, 34.9%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,458,201
CSS custom property--colour: #EBDF99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72737WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.55:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#142066

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ECDB94no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#F0E09Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#F7D5CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.8Khaki · ΔE 9.8Navajo white · ΔE 13.1Moccasin · ΔE 13.1Wheat · ΔE 14.1Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99A5EB
Analogous#EBB699, #CEEB99
Triadic#99EBDF, #DF99EB
Split complementary#99CEEB, #B699EB
Tetradic#99EBB6, #99A5EB, #EB99CE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFAEE
Lighter +10%#F3ECC4
Darker −10%#E3D26E
Darker −20%#DAC444
Darker −30%#C4AD27
Darker −40%#9A881E
More saturated +25%#FAEA8A
Less saturated −25%#DCD4A8

Channel breakdown

R235
G223
B153
Red235 (92.2%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue51.22°
Saturation (HSL)67.21%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EB · G DF · B 99

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “ebdf99” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.