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Recognised as Colour

#EEE8AA

  • #EEE8AA
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Named: Pale goldenrod

#EEE8AA is the CSS colour yellow with RGB values 238, 232, 170 and HSL 55°, 67%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EEE8AA#EEE8AA
HEX#EEE8AA
RGBrgb(238, 232, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.9098, 0.6667
RGB percentages93.3%, 91%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(54.7, 66.7%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54.7, 28.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 2.5%, 28.6%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,657,130
CSS custom property--colour: #EEE8AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.76:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#111755

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3E4A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#F5E7ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F8E0D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 0Moccasin · ΔE 10.8Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.1Wheat · ΔE 11.4Navajo white · ΔE 12.2Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 13.3
This is a named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)exact match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usablepalegoldenrod

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAB0EE
Analogous#EEC6AA, #D2EEAA
Triadic#AAEEE8, #E8AAEE
Split complementary#AAD2EE, #C6AAEE
Tetradic#AAEEC6, #AAB0EE, #EEAAD2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F4D5
Darker −10%#E6DD7F
Darker −20%#DDD155
Darker −30%#D5C52A
Darker −40%#AA9E22
More saturated +25%#FBF39D
Less saturated −25%#E1DEB7

Channel breakdown

R238
G232
B170
Red238 (93.3%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue54.71°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G E8 · B AA

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