Recognised as Colour

#EED980

#EED980
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EED980 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 217, 128 and HSL 49°, 76%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EED980#EED980

HEX#EED980

RGBrgb(238, 217, 128)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.851, 0.502

RGB percentages93.3%, 85.1%, 50.2%

HSLhsl(48.5, 76.4%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 46.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 8.8%, 46.2%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,653,248

CSS custom property--colour: #EED980;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69361WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.87:1

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

Contrast with black14.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#11267F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D579no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFDC83no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FDCDC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 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 text14.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.2 Navajo white · ΔE 20.4 Moccasin · ΔE 21.7 Burlywood · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8095EE

Analogous#EEA280, #CCEE80

Triadic#80EED9, #D980EE

Split complementary#80CCEE, #A280EE

Tetradic#80EEA2, #8095EE, #EE80CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF4DA

Lighter +10%#F4E6AD

Darker −10%#E8CC53

Darker −20%#E2BE26

Darker −30%#BC9D19

Darker −40%#8F7713

More saturated +25%#FFE46F

Less saturated −25%#DCCE92

Channel breakdown

R238

G217

B128

Red238 (93.3%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue128 (50.2%)

Hue48.55°

Saturation (HSL)76.39%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D9 · B 80

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