Recognised as Colour

#EEDB80

#EEDB80
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EEDB80 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 219, 128 and HSL 50°, 76%, 72%. 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

#EEDB80#EEDB80

HEX#EEDB80

RGBrgb(238, 219, 128)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8588, 0.502

RGB percentages93.3%, 85.9%, 50.2%

HSLhsl(49.6, 76.4%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 46.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 46.2%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,653,760

CSS custom property--colour: #EEDB80;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70399WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.08:1

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

Contrast with black15.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#11247F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD779no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DD84no 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 41.1 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 text15.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.5 Navajo white · ΔE 21.3 Moccasin · ΔE 22.5 Burlywood · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.13, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8093EE

Analogous#EEA480, #CAEE80

Triadic#80EEDB, #DB80EE

Split complementary#80CAEE, #A480EE

Tetradic#80EEA4, #8093EE, #EE80CA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF5DA

Lighter +10%#F4E8AD

Darker −10%#E8CE53

Darker −20%#E2C226

Darker −30%#BCA019

Darker −40%#8F7913

More saturated +25%#FFE66F

Less saturated −25%#DCCF92

Channel breakdown

R238

G219

B128

Red238 (93.3%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue128 (50.2%)

Hue49.64°

Saturation (HSL)76.39%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G DB · B 80

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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