Colour

#EEE28A

#EEE28A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EEE28A is a yellow with RGB values 238, 226, 138 and HSL 53°, 75%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EEE28A#EEE28A

HEX#EEE28A

RGBrgb(238, 226, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8863, 0.5412

RGB percentages93.3%, 88.6%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(52.8, 74.6%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.8, 42%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 5%, 42%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,655,562

CSS custom property--colour: #EEE28A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74405WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.88:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#111D75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1DD83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F5E28Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FCD7CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 1.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.6 Navajo white · ΔE 20.4 Moccasin · ΔE 21 Wheat · ΔE 22.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 1.69, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A96EE

Analogous#EEB08A, #C8EE8A

Triadic#8AEEE2, #E28AEE

Split complementary#8AC8EE, #B08AEE

Tetradic#8AEEB0, #8A96EE, #EE8AC8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF8E3

Lighter +10%#F4EDB7

Darker −10%#E8D75D

Darker −20%#E1CC31

Darker −30%#C3AF1C

Darker −40%#968716

More saturated +25%#FFEF79

Less saturated −25%#DDD59B

Channel breakdown

R238

G226

B138

Red238 (93.3%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue52.8°

Saturation (HSL)74.63%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G E2 · B 8A

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