Recognised as Colour

#EEE2AB

#EEE2AB
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EEE2AB is a yellow with RGB values 238, 226, 171 and HSL 49°, 66%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EEE2AB#EEE2AB

HEX#EEE2AB

RGBrgb(238, 226, 171)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8863, 0.6706

RGB percentages93.3%, 88.6%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(49.3, 66.3%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 28.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 5%, 28.2%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,655,595

CSS custom property--colour: #EEE2AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7551WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.1:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#111D54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDDFA7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1E3ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F8DAD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.3 Wheat · ΔE 7.2 Moccasin · ΔE 7.3 Navajo white · ΔE 8.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.2 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.33, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ABB7EE

Analogous#EEC1AB, #D9EEAB

Triadic#ABEEE2, #E2ABEE

Split complementary#ABD9EE, #C1ABEE

Tetradic#ABEEC1, #ABB7EE, #EEABD9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F7F1D5

Darker −10%#E5D381

Darker −20%#DDC556

Darker −30%#D4B62C

Darker −40%#AA9223

More saturated +25%#FBEA9E

Less saturated −25%#E1DAB8

Channel breakdown

R238

G226

B171

Red238 (93.3%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue49.25°

Saturation (HSL)66.34%

Lightness80.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G E2 · B AB

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