Colour

#EED66F

#EED66F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EED66F is a yellow with RGB values 238, 214, 111 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

#EED66F#EED66F

HEX#EED66F

RGBrgb(238, 214, 111)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8392, 0.4353

RGB percentages93.3%, 83.9%, 43.5%

HSLhsl(48.7, 78.9%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.7, 53.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 53.4%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,652,463

CSS custom property--colour: #EED66F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67418WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.48:1

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

Contrast with black14.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#112990

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8D266no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#EEDA73no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FEC9BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 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 text14.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.1 Navajo white · ΔE 26.9 Burlywood · ΔE 27.3

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#6F87EE

Analogous#EE976F, #C7EE6F

Triadic#6FEED6, #D66FEE

Split complementary#6FC7EE, #976FEE

Tetradic#6FEE96, #6F87EE, #EE6FC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFDF8

Lighter +20%#F9F0CA

Lighter +10%#F3E39D

Darker −10%#E9C941

Darker −20%#DDB81A

Darker −30%#AF9215

Darker −40%#826C0F

More saturated +25%#FFE15E

Less saturated −25%#DAC983

Channel breakdown

R238

G214

B111

Red238 (93.3%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue111 (43.5%)

Hue48.66°

Saturation (HSL)78.88%

Lightness68.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D6 · B 6F

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