Colour

#EED86C

#EED86C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EED86C is a yellow with RGB values 238, 216, 108 and HSL 50°, 79%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EED86C#EED86C

HEX#EED86C

RGBrgb(238, 216, 108)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8471, 0.4235

RGB percentages93.3%, 84.7%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(49.8, 79.3%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 54.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 54.6%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,652,972

CSS custom property--colour: #EED86C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68372WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.67:1

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

Contrast with black14.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#112793

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAD362no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DB71no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FECBC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 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 text14.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.9 Navajo white · ΔE 29.1 Burlywood · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6C82EE

Analogous#EE976C, #C3EE6C

Triadic#6CEED8, #D86CEE

Split complementary#6CC3EE, #976CEE

Tetradic#6CEE97, #6C82EE, #EE6CC3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFCF5

Lighter +20%#F9F0C7

Lighter +10%#F3E49A

Darker −10%#E9CC3E

Darker −20%#DBBA19

Darker −30%#AD9314

Darker −40%#7F6C0F

More saturated +25%#FFE35B

Less saturated −25%#DACA81

Channel breakdown

R238

G216

B108

Red238 (93.3%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue49.85°

Saturation (HSL)79.27%

Lightness67.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D8 · B 6C

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