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Recognised as Colour

#EEE5BC

  • #EEE5BC
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#EEE5BC is a yellow with RGB values 238, 229, 188 and HSL 49°, 60%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#EEE5BC#EEE5BC
HEX#EEE5BC
RGBrgb(238, 229, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.898, 0.7373
RGB percentages93.3%, 89.8%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(49.2, 59.5%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 21%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 3.8%, 21%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,656,380
CSS custom property--colour: #EEE5BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77847WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.57:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#111A43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EEE2B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#F0E6BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F6DFDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 5.9Lemon chiffon · ΔE 7.3Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.6Blanched almond · ΔE 7.6Moccasin · ΔE 7.9Bisque · ΔE 8.2
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 5.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCC5EE
Analogous#EECCBC, #DEEEBC
Triadic#BCEEE5, #E5BCEE
Split complementary#BCDEEE, #CCBCEE
Tetradic#BCEECC, #BCC5EE, #EEBCDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8F5E5
Darker −10%#E4D593
Darker −20%#D9C56B
Darker −30%#CFB642
Darker −40%#B1992D
More saturated +25%#F9ECB2
Less saturated −25%#E3DEC7

Channel breakdown

R238
G229
B188
Red238 (93.3%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue49.2°
Saturation (HSL)59.52%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G E5 · B BC

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