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Recognised as Colour

#EBE5AA

  • #EBE5AA
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EBE5AA is a yellow with RGB values 235, 229, 170 and HSL 54°, 62%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EBE5AA#EBE5AA
HEX#EBE5AA
RGBrgb(235, 229, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.898, 0.6667
RGB percentages92.2%, 89.8%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(54.5, 61.9%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54.5, 27.7%, 92.2%)
CMYK0%, 2.6%, 27.7%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,459,754
CSS custom property--colour: #EBE5AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.32:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#141A55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F0E1A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#F2E4ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F5DDD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 1.8Moccasin · ΔE 10.1Wheat · ΔE 10.2Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.6Navajo white · ΔE 11.5Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 1.76, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAB0EB
Analogous#EBC4AA, #D1EBAA
Triadic#AAEBE5, #E5AAEB
Split complementary#AAD1EB, #C4AAEB
Tetradic#AAEBC4, #AAB0EB, #EBAAD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFD
Lighter +10%#F5F2D3
Darker −10%#E1D881
Darker −20%#D8CC57
Darker −30%#CCBE30
Darker −40%#A39726
More saturated +25%#F8F09D
Less saturated −25%#DEDAB7

Channel breakdown

R235
G229
B170
Red235 (92.2%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue54.46°
Saturation (HSL)61.9%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EB · G E5 · B AA

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