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Recognised as Colour

#EED96D

  • #EED96D
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#EED96D is a yellow with RGB values 238, 217, 109 and HSL 50°, 79%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EED96D#EED96D
HEX#EED96D
RGBrgb(238, 217, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.851, 0.4275
RGB percentages93.3%, 85.1%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(50.2, 79.1%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 54.2%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 8.8%, 54.2%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,653,229
CSS custom property--colour: #EED96D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.78:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#112692

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBD463no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#F1DC72no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FECCC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.2Dark khaki · ΔE 20.7Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.6Goldenrod · ΔE 25.4Navajo white · ΔE 29Burlywood · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D82EE
Analogous#EE996D, #C3EE6D
Triadic#6DEED9, #D96DEE
Split complementary#6DC3EE, #986DEE
Tetradic#6DEE99, #6D82EE, #EE6DC3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFDF6
Lighter +20%#F9F1C8
Lighter +10%#F3E59B
Darker −10%#E9CD3F
Darker −20%#DBBC1A
Darker −30%#AE9514
Darker −40%#806E0F
More saturated +25%#FFE45C
Less saturated −25%#DACB81

Channel breakdown

R238
G217
B109
Red238 (93.3%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue50.23°
Saturation (HSL)79.14%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G D9 · B 6D

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