Recognised as Colour

#EECB56

#EECB56
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#EECB56 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 203, 86 and HSL 46°, 82%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#EECB56

RGBrgb(238, 203, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.7961, 0.3373

RGB percentages93.3%, 79.6%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(46.2, 81.7%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.2, 63.9%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 14.7%, 63.9%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,649,622

CSS custom property--colour: #EECB56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61561WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.31:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#1134A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFC849no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8D25Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFBCB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.7 Khaki · ΔE 19.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.7 Gold · ΔE 26.4 Sandy brown · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5679EE

Analogous#EE7F56, #C5EE56

Triadic#56EECB, #CB56EE

Split complementary#56C5EE, #7F56EE

Tetradic#56EE7F, #5679EE, #EE56C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF6E1

Lighter +20%#F7E8B3

Lighter +10%#F3D984

Darker −10%#E9BD28

Darker −20%#CAA014

Darker −30%#9B7B10

Darker −40%#6D560B

More saturated +25%#FFD445

Less saturated −25%#D7BE6D

Channel breakdown

R238

G203

B86

Red238 (93.3%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue46.18°

Saturation (HSL)81.72%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G CB · B 56

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