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Recognised as Colour

#EED99A

  • #EED99A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EED99A is a yellow with RGB values 238, 217, 154 and HSL 45°, 71%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EED99A#EED99A
HEX#EED99A
RGBrgb(238, 217, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.851, 0.6039
RGB percentages93.3%, 85.1%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(45, 71.2%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45, 35.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 8.8%, 35.3%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,653,274
CSS custom property--colour: #EED99A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70136WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.03:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#112665

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6D696no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#ECDD9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FBCFC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.5Navajo white · ΔE 8.8Moccasin · ΔE 9.6Wheat · ΔE 10.5Burlywood · ΔE 13.8Khaki · ΔE 13.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9AAFEE
Analogous#EEAF9A, #D9EE9A
Triadic#9AEED9, #D99AEE
Split complementary#9AD9EE, #AF9AEE
Tetradic#9AEEAF, #9AAFEE, #EE9AD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFAF1
Lighter +10%#F5E9C6
Darker −10%#E7C96E
Darker −20%#DFB843
Darker −30%#CDA222
Darker −40%#A17F1B
More saturated +25%#FDE08B
Less saturated −25%#DFD2A9

Channel breakdown

R238
G217
B154
Red238 (93.3%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue45°
Saturation (HSL)71.19%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G D9 · B 9A

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