Recognised as Colour

#EEDC8F

#EEDC8F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EEDC8F is a yellow with RGB values 238, 220, 143 and HSL 49°, 74%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EEDC8F#EEDC8F

HEX#EEDC8F

RGBrgb(238, 220, 143)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8627, 0.5608

RGB percentages93.3%, 86.3%, 56.1%

HSLhsl(48.6, 73.6%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 39.9%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 7.6%, 39.9%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,654,031

CSS custom property--colour: #EEDC8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.27:1

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

Contrast with black15.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#112370

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD889no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DE92no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FCD1C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 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 text15.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.9 Navajo white · ΔE 15 Moccasin · ΔE 15.9 Wheat · ΔE 17.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.23, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8FA1EE

Analogous#EEAD8F, #D1EE8F

Triadic#8FEEDC, #DC8FEE

Split complementary#8FD1EE, #AD8FEE

Tetradic#8FEEAD, #8FA1EE, #EE8FD1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF8E8

Lighter +10%#F5EABB

Darker −10%#E7CE63

Darker −20%#E1C036

Darker −30%#C6A61E

Darker −40%#9A8117

More saturated +25%#FEE67F

Less saturated −25%#DED29F

Channel breakdown

R238

G220

B143

Red238 (93.3%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue143 (56.1%)

Hue48.63°

Saturation (HSL)73.64%

Lightness74.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G DC · B 8F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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