Recognised as Colour

#EEDA7E

#EEDA7E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EEDA7E is a yellow with RGB values 238, 218, 126 and HSL 49°, 77%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EEDA7E#EEDA7E

HEX#EEDA7E

RGBrgb(238, 218, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8549, 0.4941

RGB percentages93.3%, 85.5%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(49.3, 76.7%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 47.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 8.4%, 47.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,653,502

CSS custom property--colour: #EEDA7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69826WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.97:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#112581

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAD676no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DD82no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FDCEC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.5 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 text14.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.2 Navajo white · ΔE 21.8 Moccasin · ΔE 23 Burlywood · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.77, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7E92EE

Analogous#EEA27E, #CAEE7E

Triadic#7EEEDA, #DA7EEE

Split complementary#7ECAEE, #A27EEE

Tetradic#7EEEA2, #7E92EE, #EE7ECA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF4D8

Lighter +10%#F4E7AB

Darker −10%#E8CD51

Darker −20%#E2C024

Darker −30%#BA9E19

Darker −40%#8D7713

More saturated +25%#FFE56D

Less saturated −25%#DCCE90

Channel breakdown

R238

G218

B126

Red238 (93.3%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue49.29°

Saturation (HSL)76.71%

Lightness71.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G DA · B 7E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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