Colour

#EEDBAD

#EEDBAD
Orange
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#EEDBAD is a orange with RGB values 238, 219, 173 and HSL 42°, 66%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#EEDBAD#EEDBAD

HEX#EEDBAD

RGBrgb(238, 219, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8588, 0.6784

RGB percentages93.3%, 85.9%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(42.5, 65.7%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(42.5, 27.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 27.3%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,653,805

CSS custom property--colour: #EEDBAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.37:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#112452

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6D9AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBDFAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F9D3CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 2.6 Moccasin · ΔE 4.9 Navajo white · ΔE 6.2 Bisque · ΔE 8.7 Peach puff · ΔE 9.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.7

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 2.58, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ADC0EE

Analogous#EEBBAD, #E1EEAD

Triadic#ADEEDB, #DBADEE

Split complementary#ADE1EE, #BBADEE

Tetradic#ADEEBB, #ADC0EE, #EEADE1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F7EED7

Darker −10%#E5C883

Darker −20%#DCB659

Darker −30%#D4A32E

Darker −40%#AB8424

More saturated +25%#FAE0A1

Less saturated −25%#E2D6B9

Channel breakdown

R238

G219

B173

Red238 (93.3%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue42.46°

Saturation (HSL)65.66%

Lightness80.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G DB · B AD

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Colour values

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