Recognised as Colour

#EED97B

#EED97B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EED97B is a yellow with RGB values 238, 217, 123 and HSL 49°, 77%, 71%. 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

#EED97B#EED97B

HEX#EED97B

RGBrgb(238, 217, 123)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.851, 0.4824

RGB percentages93.3%, 85.1%, 48.2%

HSLhsl(49, 77.2%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49, 48.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 8.8%, 48.3%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,653,243

CSS custom property--colour: #EED97B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69233WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.85:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#112684

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAD573no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFDC7Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FDCDC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.4 Navajo white · ΔE 22.7 Moccasin · ΔE 24 Burlywood · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.64, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7B90EE

Analogous#EE9F7B, #CAEE7B

Triadic#7BEED9, #D97BEE

Split complementary#7BCAEE, #9F7BEE

Tetradic#7BEEA0, #7B90EE, #EE7BCA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF3D5

Lighter +10%#F4E6A8

Darker −10%#E8CC4E

Darker −20%#E2BF21

Darker −30%#B89B18

Darker −40%#8B7512

More saturated +25%#FFE46A

Less saturated −25%#DBCD8E

Channel breakdown

R238

G217

B123

Red238 (93.3%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue123 (48.2%)

Hue49.04°

Saturation (HSL)77.18%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D9 · B 7B

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Colour values

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