Colour

#EED860

#EED860
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EED860 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 216, 96 and HSL 51°, 81%, 65%. 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

#EED860#EED860

HEX#EED860

RGBrgb(238, 216, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8471, 0.3765

RGB percentages93.3%, 84.7%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(50.7, 80.7%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 59.7%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 59.7%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,652,960

CSS custom property--colour: #EED860;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68133WCAG 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 14.63:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#11279F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD353no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1DB66no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCABEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.9 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 text14.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.8 Gold · ΔE 27 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6076EE

Analogous#EE9160, #BDEE60

Triadic#60EED8, #D860EE

Split complementary#60BDEE, #9160EE

Tetradic#60EE91, #6076EE, #EE60BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFAEA

Lighter +20%#F8EFBC

Lighter +10%#F3E38E

Darker −10%#E9CD32

Darker −20%#D2B516

Darker −30%#A48D11

Darker −40%#75650D

More saturated +25%#FFE44F

Less saturated −25%#D8C976

Channel breakdown

R238

G216

B96

Red238 (93.3%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue50.7°

Saturation (HSL)80.68%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D8 · B 60

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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