Recognised as Colour
#EED76B
- #EED76B
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Khaki
#EED76B is a yellow with RGB values 238, 215, 107 and HSL 49°, 79%, 68%. 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
#EED76B#EED76B
HEX#EED76B
RGBrgb(238, 215, 107)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8431, 0.4196
RGB percentages93.3%, 84.3%, 42%
HSLhsl(49.5, 79.4%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 55%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 9.7%, 55%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,652,715
CSS custom property--colour: #EED76B;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.6784WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.57:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#112894
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#6B82EE
Analogous#EE966B, #C3EE6B
Triadic#6BEED7, #D76BEE
Split complementary#6BC3EE, #966BEE
Tetradic#6BEE96, #6B82EE, #EE6BC3
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R238
G215
B107
Red238 (93.3%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue49.47°
Saturation (HSL)79.39%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G D7 · B 6B
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