Colour

#EED66B

#EED66B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EED66B is a yellow with RGB values 238, 214, 107 and HSL 49°, 79%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EED66B#EED66B

HEX#EED66B

RGBrgb(238, 214, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8392, 0.4196

RGB percentages93.3%, 83.9%, 42%

HSLhsl(49, 79.4%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49, 55%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 55%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,652,459

CSS custom property--colour: #EED66B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67332WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.47:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#112994

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8D261no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFDA70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC8BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.9 Navajo white · ΔE 28.7 Burlywood · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6B83EE

Analogous#EE946B, #C5EE6B

Triadic#6BEED6, #D66BEE

Split complementary#6BC5EE, #946BEE

Tetradic#6BEE94, #6B83EE, #EE6BC5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFCF4

Lighter +20%#F9EFC6

Lighter +10%#F3E399

Darker −10%#E9C93D

Darker −20%#DAB719

Darker −30%#AC9014

Darker −40%#7E6A0F

More saturated +25%#FFE15A

Less saturated −25%#D9C980

Channel breakdown

R238

G214

B107

Red238 (93.3%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue49.01°

Saturation (HSL)79.39%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D6 · B 6B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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