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Colour

#EEE7AE

  • #EEE7AE
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EEE7AE is a yellow with RGB values 238, 231, 174 and HSL 53°, 65%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EEE7AE#EEE7AE
HEX#EEE7AE
RGBrgb(238, 231, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.9059, 0.6824
RGB percentages93.3%, 90.6%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(53.4, 65.3%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.4, 26.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 2.9%, 26.9%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,656,878
CSS custom property--colour: #EEE7AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.68:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#111851

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2E3AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#F4E7B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F8DFD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 2.5Moccasin · ΔE 9.1Wheat · ΔE 9.3Lemon chiffon · ΔE 9.3Navajo white · ΔE 10.9Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 11.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 2.52, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEB5EE
Analogous#EEC7AE, #D5EEAE
Triadic#AEEEE7, #E7AEEE
Split complementary#AED5EE, #C7AEEE
Tetradic#AEEEC7, #AEB5EE, #EEAED5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F3D8
Darker −10%#E5DB84
Darker −20%#DCCE5A
Darker −30%#D3C230
Darker −40%#AC9D24
More saturated +25%#FAF1A2
Less saturated −25%#E2DDBA

Channel breakdown

R238
G231
B174
Red238 (93.3%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue53.44°
Saturation (HSL)65.31%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G E7 · B AE

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