Colour

#EED865

#EED865
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EED865 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 216, 101 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

#EED865#EED865

HEX#EED865

RGBrgb(238, 216, 101)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8471, 0.3961

RGB percentages93.3%, 84.7%, 39.6%

HSLhsl(50.4, 80.1%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 57.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 57.6%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,652,965

CSS custom property--colour: #EED865;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68228WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.65:1

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

Contrast with black14.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#11279A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAD359no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DB6Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCABFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.3 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 text14.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 27.9 Gold · ΔE 29.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#657BEE

Analogous#EE9365, #C0EE65

Triadic#65EED8, #D865EE

Split complementary#65C0EE, #9365EE

Tetradic#65EE93, #657BEE, #EE65C0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFBEF

Lighter +20%#F8EFC1

Lighter +10%#F3E493

Darker −10%#E9CC37

Darker −20%#D5B718

Darker −30%#A89012

Darker −40%#7A680D

More saturated +25%#FFE454

Less saturated −25%#D9C97A

Channel breakdown

R238

G216

B101

Red238 (93.3%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue101 (39.6%)

Hue50.36°

Saturation (HSL)80.12%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D8 · B 65

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