Recognised as Colour

#EBEAAC

#EBEAAC
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EBEAAC is a yellow with RGB values 235, 234, 172 and HSL 59°, 61%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EBEAAC#EBEAAC

HEX#EBEAAC

RGBrgb(235, 234, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.9176, 0.6745

RGB percentages92.2%, 91.8%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(59, 61.2%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59, 26.8%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 26.8%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,461,036

CSS custom property--colour: #EBEAAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.9:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#141553

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4E5A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6E8AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F4E2DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 2 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.9 Moccasin · ΔE 12.3 Wheat · ΔE 12.6 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.9 Navajo white · ΔE 13.9

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 2, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ACADEB

Analogous#EBCBAC, #CDEBAC

Triadic#ACEBEA, #EAACEB

Split complementary#ACCDEB, #CBACEB

Tetradic#ACEBCB, #ACADEB, #EBACCD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFE

Lighter +10%#F5F4D5

Darker −10%#E1E083

Darker −20%#D7D55A

Darker −30%#CDCA31

Darker −40%#A4A227

More saturated +25%#F8F69F

Less saturated −25%#DEDEB9

Channel breakdown

R235

G234

B172

Red235 (92.2%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue59.05°

Saturation (HSL)61.17%

Lightness79.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G EA · B AC

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