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Recognised as Colour

#EBE697

  • #EBE697
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#EBE697 is a yellow with RGB values 235, 230, 151 and HSL 56°, 68%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EBE697#EBE697
HEX#EBE697
RGBrgb(235, 230, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.902, 0.5922
RGB percentages92.2%, 90.2%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(56.4, 67.7%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.4, 35.7%, 92.2%)
CMYK0%, 2.1%, 35.7%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,459,991
CSS custom property--colour: #EBE697;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.3:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#141968

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3E091no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#F5E49Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F7DCD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.4 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 text16.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.6Dark khaki · ΔE 16.7Moccasin · ΔE 17.7Navajo white · ΔE 17.9Wheat · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#979CEB
Analogous#EBBC97, #C6EB97
Triadic#97EBE6, #E697EB
Split complementary#97C6EB, #BC97EB
Tetradic#97EBBC, #979CEB, #EB97C6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFBED
Lighter +10%#F3F0C2
Darker −10%#E3DC6C
Darker −20%#DBD141
Darker −30%#C3BA26
Darker −40%#99911D
More saturated +25%#FBF488
Less saturated −25%#DBD8A7

Channel breakdown

R235
G230
B151
Red235 (92.2%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue56.43°
Saturation (HSL)67.74%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EB · G E6 · B 97

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