Colour
#EED75D
- #EED75D
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Khaki
#EED75D is a yellow with RGB values 238, 215, 93 and HSL 50°, 81%, 65%. 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
#EED75D#EED75D
HEX#EED75D
RGBrgb(238, 215, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8431, 0.3647
RGB percentages93.3%, 84.3%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(50.5, 81%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 60.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 9.7%, 60.9%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,652,701
CSS custom property--colour: #EED75D;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.67568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.51:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#1128A2
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5D74EE
Analogous#EE8F5D, #BDEE5D
Triadic#5DEED7, #D75DEE
Split complementary#5DBDEE, #8F5DEE
Tetradic#5DEE8F, #5D74EE, #EE5DBC
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R238
G215
B93
Red238 (93.3%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue50.48°
Saturation (HSL)81.01%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G D7 · B 5D
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