Colour

#EBEAC6

#EBEAC6
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Light goldenrod yellow

#EBEAC6 is a yellow with RGB values 235, 234, 198 and HSL 58°, 48%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light goldenrod yellow.

Colour values

#EBEAC6#EBEAC6

HEX#EBEAC6

RGBrgb(235, 234, 198)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.9176, 0.7765

RGB percentages92.2%, 91.8%, 77.6%

HSLhsl(58.4, 48.1%, 84.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.4, 15.7%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 15.7%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,461,062

CSS custom property--colour: #EBEAC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80585WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.12:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#141539

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1E7C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2E9C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F1E5E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 5.7 Beige · ΔE 7 Cornsilk · ΔE 7.3 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 7.3 Light yellow · ΔE 7.9 Blanched almond · ΔE 8

Nearest named CSS colourLight goldenrod yellow (#FAFAD2)ΔE 5.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C6C7EB

Analogous#EBD8C6, #DAEBC6

Triadic#C6EBEA, #EAC6EB

Split complementary#C6DAEB, #D7C6EB

Tetradic#C6EBD8, #C6C7EB, #EBC6DA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F8F8EC

Darker −10%#DEDCA0

Darker −20%#D1CE7A

Darker −30%#C3C055

Darker −40%#AAA73B

More saturated +25%#F5F3BC

Less saturated −25%#E1E1D0

Channel breakdown

R235

G234

B198

Red235 (92.2%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue198 (77.6%)

Hue58.38°

Saturation (HSL)48.05%

Lightness84.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G EA · B C6

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Colour values

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