Recognised as Colour

#EEDE84

#EEDE84
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EEDE84 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 222, 132 and HSL 51°, 76%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EEDE84#EEDE84

HEX#EEDE84

RGBrgb(238, 222, 132)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8706, 0.5176

RGB percentages93.3%, 87.1%, 51.8%

HSLhsl(50.9, 75.7%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 44.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 44.5%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,654,532

CSS custom property--colour: #EEDE84;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.42:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#11217B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EED97Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2DF88no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FCD2C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 3.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.2 Navajo white · ΔE 21 Moccasin · ΔE 21.9 Wheat · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 3.5, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8494EE

Analogous#EEA984, #C9EE84

Triadic#84EEDE, #DE84EE

Split complementary#84C9EE, #A984EE

Tetradic#84EEA9, #8494EE, #EE84C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF6DE

Lighter +10%#F4EAB1

Darker −10%#E8D257

Darker −20%#E2C62A

Darker −30%#BFA61A

Darker −40%#927F14

More saturated +25%#FFEA73

Less saturated −25%#DDD296

Channel breakdown

R238

G222

B132

Red238 (93.3%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue132 (51.8%)

Hue50.94°

Saturation (HSL)75.71%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G DE · B 84

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