Colour

#EEDDAA

#EEDDAA
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#EEDDAA is a yellow with RGB values 238, 221, 170 and HSL 45°, 67%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#EEDDAA#EEDDAA

HEX#EEDDAA

HEX (short)#EDA

RGBrgb(238, 221, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8667, 0.6667

RGB percentages93.3%, 86.7%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(45, 66.7%, 80%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45, 28.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 28.6%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,654,314

CSS custom property--colour: #EEDDAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72792WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.56:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#112255

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8DBA7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDE0ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F9D5CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 4.7 Moccasin · ΔE 5.5 Navajo white · ΔE 6.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.3 Bisque · ΔE 10.9 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.2

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 4.69, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AABBEE

Analogous#EEBBAA, #DDEEAA

Triadic#AAEEDD, #DDAAEE

Split complementary#AADDEE, #BBAAEE

Tetradic#AAEEBB, #AABBEE, #EEAADD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F7EED5

Darker −10%#E6CC7F

Darker −20%#DDBB55

Darker −30%#D5AA2A

Darker −40%#AA8822

More saturated +25%#FBE39D

Less saturated −25%#E1D7B7

Channel breakdown

R238

G221

B170

Red238 (93.3%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue45°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness80%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G DD · B AA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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