Recognised as Colour

#EEDB7D

#EEDB7D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EEDB7D is a yellow with RGB values 238, 219, 125 and HSL 50°, 77%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#EEDB7D

RGBrgb(238, 219, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8588, 0.4902

RGB percentages93.3%, 85.9%, 49%

HSLhsl(49.9, 76.9%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 47.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 47.5%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,653,757

CSS custom property--colour: #EEDB7D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.06:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#112482

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD675no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1DD81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FDCFC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.9 Navajo white · ΔE 22.7 Moccasin · ΔE 23.9 Burlywood · ΔE 24.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.66, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7D90EE

Analogous#EEA27D, #C9EE7D

Triadic#7DEEDB, #DB7DEE

Split complementary#7DC9EE, #A27DEE

Tetradic#7DEEA2, #7D90EE, #EE7DC8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF4D7

Lighter +10%#F4E7AA

Darker −10%#E8CF50

Darker −20%#E2C223

Darker −30%#BA9F18

Darker −40%#8D7812

More saturated +25%#FFE66C

Less saturated −25%#DCCF8F

Channel breakdown

R238

G219

B125

Red238 (93.3%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue49.91°

Saturation (HSL)76.87%

Lightness71.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G DB · B 7D

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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