Colour

#EED474

#EED474
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EED474 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 212, 116 and HSL 47°, 78%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EED474#EED474

HEX#EED474

RGBrgb(238, 212, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8314, 0.4549

RGB percentages93.3%, 83.1%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(47.2, 78.2%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.2, 51.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 10.9%, 51.3%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,651,956

CSS custom property--colour: #EED474;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66525WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.31:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#112B8B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6D06Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD978no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FEC7BEno 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 text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.7 Navajo white · ΔE 23.8 Burlywood · ΔE 24.1 Moccasin · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#748EEE

Analogous#EE9774, #CBEE74

Triadic#74EED4, #D474EE

Split complementary#74CBEE, #9774EE

Tetradic#74EE97, #748EEE, #EE74CB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFC

Lighter +20%#F9F0CF

Lighter +10%#F4E2A1

Darker −10%#E8C647

Darker −20%#E1B71B

Darker −30%#B39216

Darker −40%#866D10

More saturated +25%#FFDE63

Less saturated −25%#DBC988

Channel breakdown

R238

G212

B116

Red238 (93.3%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue47.21°

Saturation (HSL)78.21%

Lightness69.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D4 · B 74

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