Recognised as Colour

#EEDA68

#EEDA68
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EEDA68 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 218, 104 and HSL 51°, 80%, 67%. 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

#EEDA68#EEDA68

HEX#EEDA68

RGBrgb(238, 218, 104)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8549, 0.4078

RGB percentages93.3%, 85.5%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(51, 79.8%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 56.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 8.4%, 56.3%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,653,480

CSS custom property--colour: #EEDA68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.86:1

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

Contrast with black14.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#112597

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECD55Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2DC6Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FECCC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.9 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 text14.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 27 Gold · ΔE 29.9 Navajo white · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#687CEE

Analogous#EE9768, #BFEE68

Triadic#68EEDA, #DA68EE

Split complementary#68BFEE, #9768EE

Tetradic#68EE97, #687CEE, #EE68BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFCF2

Lighter +20%#F8F0C4

Lighter +10%#F3E596

Darker −10%#E9CF3A

Darker −20%#D8BB18

Darker −30%#AA9313

Darker −40%#7C6C0E

More saturated +25%#FFE657

Less saturated −25%#D9CB7D

Channel breakdown

R238

G218

B104

Red238 (93.3%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue51.04°

Saturation (HSL)79.76%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G DA · B 68

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