Recognised as Colour
#EEDA69
- #EEDA69
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Khaki
#EEDA69 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 218, 105 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
#EEDA69#EEDA69
HEX#EEDA69
RGBrgb(238, 218, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8549, 0.4118
RGB percentages93.3%, 85.5%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(51, 79.6%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51, 55.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 8.4%, 55.9%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,653,481
CSS custom property--colour: #EEDA69;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.6934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.7 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#D6D6D6
Inverted#112596
Colour vision & accessibility
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
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#697DEE
Analogous#EE9769, #C0EE69
Triadic#69EEDA, #DA69EE
Split complementary#69C0EE, #9769EE
Tetradic#69EE97, #697DEE, #EE69C0
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R238
G218
B105
Red238 (93.3%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue50.98°
Saturation (HSL)79.64%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G DA · B 69
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