Colour

#EBE774

#EBE774
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EBE774 is a yellow with RGB values 235, 231, 116 and HSL 58°, 75%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EBE774#EBE774

HEX#EBE774

RGBrgb(235, 231, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.9059, 0.4549

RGB percentages92.2%, 90.6%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(58, 74.8%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58, 50.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 1.7%, 50.6%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,460,212

CSS custom property--colour: #EBE774;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.21:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#14188B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7DF69no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAE47Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F9DACDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.7 Yellow green · ΔE 29.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 32 Navajo white · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7478EB

Analogous#EBAC74, #B3EB74

Triadic#74EBE7, #E774EB

Split complementary#74B4EB, #AB74EB

Tetradic#74EBAC, #7478EB, #EB74B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFA

Lighter +20%#F8F6CD

Lighter +10%#F1EFA1

Darker −10%#E5DF47

Darker −20%#DAD31F

Darker −30%#ADA819

Darker −40%#817D12

More saturated +25%#FFFA60

Less saturated −25%#D7D488

Channel breakdown

R235

G231

B116

Red235 (92.2%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue57.98°

Saturation (HSL)74.84%

Lightness68.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G E7 · B 74

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