Colour

#EED864

#EED864
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EED864 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 216, 100 and HSL 50°, 80%, 66%. 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

#EED864#EED864

HEX#EED864

RGBrgb(238, 216, 100)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8471, 0.3922

RGB percentages93.3%, 84.7%, 39.2%

HSLhsl(50.4, 80.2%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 58%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 58%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,652,964

CSS custom property--colour: #EED864;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68209WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.64:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#11279B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD358no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1DB6Ano 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 51.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.3 Gold · ΔE 28.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#647AEE

Analogous#EE9364, #BFEE64

Triadic#64EED8, #D864EE

Split complementary#64BFEE, #9364EE

Tetradic#64EE93, #647AEE, #EE64BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFBEE

Lighter +20%#F8EFC0

Lighter +10%#F3E492

Darker −10%#E9CC36

Darker −20%#D5B617

Darker −30%#A78F12

Darker −40%#79680D

More saturated +25%#FFE453

Less saturated −25%#D9C979

Channel breakdown

R238

G216

B100

Red238 (93.3%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue100 (39.2%)

Hue50.43°

Saturation (HSL)80.23%

Lightness66.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D8 · B 64

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