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Recognised as Colour

#EEE66E

  • #EEE66E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#EEE66E is a yellow with RGB values 238, 230, 110 and HSL 56°, 79%, 68%. 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

#EEE66E#EEE66E
HEX#EEE66E
RGBrgb(238, 230, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.902, 0.4314
RGB percentages93.3%, 90.2%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(56.3, 79%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.3, 53.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 3.4%, 53.8%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,656,558
CSS custom property--colour: #EEE66E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.18:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#111991

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F7DF62no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#FAE474no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FDD9CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.3 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 text16.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14Dark khaki · ΔE 25.6Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28Yellow green · ΔE 29.9Goldenrod · ΔE 30.1Gold · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6E76EE
Analogous#EEA66E, #B6EE6E
Triadic#6EEEE6, #E66EEE
Split complementary#6EB6EE, #A66EEE
Tetradic#6EEEA6, #6E76EE, #EE6EB6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEF7
Lighter +20%#F9F6C9
Lighter +10%#F3EE9C
Darker −10%#E9DE40
Darker −20%#DCD01A
Darker −30%#AFA514
Darker −40%#817A0F
More saturated +25%#FFF55D
Less saturated −25%#DAD482

Channel breakdown

R238
G230
B110
Red238 (93.3%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue56.25°
Saturation (HSL)79.01%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G E6 · B 6E

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