Recognised as Colour

#EEDC83

#EEDC83
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EEDC83 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 220, 131 and HSL 50°, 76%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EEDC83#EEDC83

HEX#EEDC83

RGBrgb(238, 220, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8627, 0.5137

RGB percentages93.3%, 86.3%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(49.9, 75.9%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 45%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 7.6%, 45%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,654,019

CSS custom property--colour: #EEDC83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.2:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#11237C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECD87Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1DE87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FDD0C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.8 Navajo white · ΔE 20.4 Moccasin · ΔE 21.5 Burlywood · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.47, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8395EE

Analogous#EEA683, #CAEE83

Triadic#83EEDC, #DC83EE

Split complementary#83CAEE, #A783EE

Tetradic#83EEA6, #8395EE, #EE83CA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF5DD

Lighter +10%#F4E9B0

Darker −10%#E8CF56

Darker −20%#E2C329

Darker −30%#BEA21A

Darker −40%#917C14

More saturated +25%#FFE772

Less saturated −25%#DCD095

Channel breakdown

R238

G220

B131

Red238 (93.3%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue49.91°

Saturation (HSL)75.89%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G DC · B 83

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