Recognised as Colour

#EEE58B

#EEE58B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EEE58B is a yellow with RGB values 238, 229, 139 and HSL 55°, 74%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EEE58B#EEE58B

HEX#EEE58B

RGBrgb(238, 229, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.898, 0.5451

RGB percentages93.3%, 89.8%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(54.5, 74.4%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.5, 41.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 3.8%, 41.6%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,656,331

CSS custom property--colour: #EEE58B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7608WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.22:1

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

Contrast with black16.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#111A74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4DF84no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7E48Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FBDACFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.1 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 text16.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 0.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.4 Navajo white · ΔE 21.7 Moccasin · ΔE 22.1 Wheat · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 0.58, indistinguishable to the eye

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B94EE

Analogous#EEB48B, #C5EE8B

Triadic#8BEEE5, #E58BEE

Split complementary#8BC6EE, #B38BEE

Tetradic#8BEEB4, #8B94EE, #EE8BC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF9E4

Lighter +10%#F5EFB7

Darker −10%#E7DB5F

Darker −20%#E1D132

Darker −30%#C3B41D

Darker −40%#978B16

More saturated +25%#FFF37A

Less saturated −25%#DDD79C

Channel breakdown

R238

G229

B139

Red238 (93.3%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue54.55°

Saturation (HSL)74.44%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G E5 · B 8B

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