Recognised as Colour

#EBEAB3

#EBEAB3
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EBEAB3 is a yellow with RGB values 235, 234, 179 and HSL 59°, 58%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EBEAB3#EBEAB3

HEX#EBEAB3

RGBrgb(235, 234, 179)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.9176, 0.702

RGB percentages92.2%, 91.8%, 70.2%

HSLhsl(58.9, 58.3%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.9, 23.8%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 23.8%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,461,043

CSS custom property--colour: #EBEAB3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79762WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.95:1

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

Contrast with black16.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#14154C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3E5AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F5E8B5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#F3E3DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.4 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 text16.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.2 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 8.2 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 9.8 Wheat · ΔE 10.5 Moccasin · ΔE 10.7 Navajo white · ΔE 13

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.18, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B3B4EB

Analogous#EBCEB3, #D0EBB3

Triadic#B3EBEA, #EAB3EB

Split complementary#B3D0EB, #CEB3EB

Tetradic#B3EBCE, #B3B4EB, #EBB3D0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F6F5DB

Darker −10%#E0DF8B

Darker −20%#D6D462

Darker −30%#CBC93A

Darker −40%#A6A42C

More saturated +25%#F7F6A7

Less saturated −25%#DFDEBF

Channel breakdown

R235

G234

B179

Red235 (92.2%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue179 (70.2%)

Hue58.93°

Saturation (HSL)58.33%

Lightness81.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G EA · B B3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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