Recognised as Colour

#EED272

#EED272
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EED272 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 210, 114 and HSL 46°, 78%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EED272#EED272

HEX#EED272

RGBrgb(238, 210, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8235, 0.4471

RGB percentages93.3%, 82.4%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(46.5, 78.5%, 69%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.5, 52.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 11.8%, 52.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,651,442

CSS custom property--colour: #EED272;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.1:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#112D8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4CF69no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBD776no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FEC5BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.4 Burlywood · ΔE 23.9 Navajo white · ΔE 24 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#728EEE

Analogous#EE9472, #CCEE72

Triadic#72EED2, #D272EE

Split complementary#72CCEE, #9472EE

Tetradic#72EE94, #728EEE, #EE72CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFB

Lighter +20%#F9EFCD

Lighter +10%#F3E1A0

Darker −10%#E9C344

Darker −20%#DFB31B

Darker −30%#B28E15

Darker −40%#846A10

More saturated +25%#FFDB61

Less saturated −25%#DAC786

Channel breakdown

R238

G210

B114

Red238 (93.3%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue46.45°

Saturation (HSL)78.48%

Lightness69.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D2 · B 72

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