Colour

#EBFA9D

#EBFA9D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EBFA9D is a yellow with RGB values 235, 250, 157 and HSL 70°, 90%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EBFA9D#EBFA9D

HEX#EBFA9D

RGBrgb(235, 250, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.9804, 0.6157

RGB percentages92.2%, 98%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(69.7, 90.3%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(69.7, 37.2%, 98%)

CMYK6%, 0%, 37.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,465,117

CSS custom property--colour: #EBFA9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness236.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.69:1

Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0

Inverted#140562

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF196no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF2A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F5F0E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.5 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 24.8 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 26.9 Moccasin · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AC9DFA

Analogous#FADB9D, #BDFA9D

Triadic#9DEBFA, #FA9DEB

Split complementary#9DBCFA, #DB9DFA

Tetradic#9DFADB, #AC9DFA, #FA9DBC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFE

Lighter +10%#F5FCCE

Darker −10%#E1F86C

Darker −20%#D7F53C

Darker −30%#CDF20C

Darker −40%#A4C10A

More saturated +25%#EEFF98

Less saturated −25%#E2EDAA

Channel breakdown

R235

G250

B157

Red235 (92.2%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue69.68°

Saturation (HSL)90.29%

Lightness79.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR EB · G FA · B 9D

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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