Colour

#EEE67B

#EEE67B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EEE67B is a yellow with RGB values 238, 230, 123 and HSL 56°, 77%, 71%. 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

#EEE67B#EEE67B

HEX#EEE67B

RGBrgb(238, 230, 123)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.902, 0.4824

RGB percentages93.3%, 90.2%, 48.2%

HSLhsl(55.8, 77.2%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.8, 48.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 3.4%, 48.3%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,656,571

CSS custom property--colour: #EEE67B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.24:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#111984

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6DF72no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E580no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FCDACDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.1 Navajo white · ΔE 29.1 Moccasin · ΔE 29.8 Wheat · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.07, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7B83EE

Analogous#EEAD7B, #BCEE7B

Triadic#7BEEE6, #E67BEE

Split complementary#7BBCEE, #AD7BEE

Tetradic#7BEEAC, #7B83EE, #EE7BBC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF7D5

Lighter +10%#F4EFA8

Darker −10%#E8DD4E

Darker −20%#E2D521

Darker −30%#B8AD18

Darker −40%#8B8312

More saturated +25%#FFF56A

Less saturated −25%#DBD68E

Channel breakdown

R238

G230

B123

Red238 (93.3%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue123 (48.2%)

Hue55.83°

Saturation (HSL)77.18%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G E6 · B 7B

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