Recognised as Colour

#EEDFA1

#EEDFA1
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EEDFA1 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 223, 161 and HSL 48°, 69%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#EEDFA1

RGBrgb(238, 223, 161)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8745, 0.6314

RGB percentages93.3%, 87.5%, 63.1%

HSLhsl(48.3, 69.4%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 32.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 32.4%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,654,817

CSS custom property--colour: #EEDFA1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73526WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.71:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#11205E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBDC9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0E1A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FAD6CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.4 Moccasin · ΔE 9.2 Navajo white · ΔE 9.4 Wheat · ΔE 9.9 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 13.6 Khaki · ΔE 13.8

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.42, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A1B0EE

Analogous#EEB9A1, #D7EEA1

Triadic#A1EEDF, #DFA1EE

Split complementary#A1D7EE, #B9A1EE

Tetradic#A1EEB8, #A1B0EE, #EEA1D6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFCF7

Lighter +10%#F6EECC

Darker −10%#E6D076

Darker −20%#DEC24B

Darker −30%#D0AF26

Darker −40%#A58B1E

More saturated +25%#FCE793

Less saturated −25%#E0D7AF

Channel breakdown

R238

G223

B161

Red238 (93.3%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue161 (63.1%)

Hue48.31°

Saturation (HSL)69.37%

Lightness78.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G DF · B A1

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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