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Recognised as Colour

#EED687

  • #EED687
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#EED687 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 214, 135 and HSL 46°, 75%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EED687#EED687
HEX#EED687
RGBrgb(238, 214, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8392, 0.5294
RGB percentages93.3%, 83.9%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(46, 75.2%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46, 43.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 10.1%, 43.3%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,652,487
CSS custom property--colour: #EED687;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.6:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#112978

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6D381no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#ECDA8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FDCBC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.6Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.2Dark khaki · ΔE 14.5Navajo white · ΔE 15.8Moccasin · ΔE 17.3Burlywood · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#879FEE
Analogous#EEA387, #D3EE87
Triadic#87EED6, #D687EE
Split complementary#87D3EE, #A387EE
Tetradic#87EEA2, #879FEE, #EE87D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBF5E0
Lighter +10%#F4E5B4
Darker −10%#E8C75A
Darker −20%#E1B72E
Darker −30%#C19A1B
Darker −40%#947615
More saturated +25%#FFDF76
Less saturated −25%#DDCD98

Channel breakdown

R238
G214
B135
Red238 (93.3%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue46.02°
Saturation (HSL)75.18%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G D6 · B 87

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