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Recognised as Colour

#EEEAA4

  • #EEEAA4
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EEEAA4 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 234, 164 and HSL 57°, 69%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EEEAA4#EEEAA4
HEX#EEEAA4
RGBrgb(238, 234, 164)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.9176, 0.6431
RGB percentages93.3%, 91.8%, 64.3%
HSLhsl(56.8, 68.5%, 78.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.8, 31.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 1.7%, 31.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,657,636
CSS custom property--colour: #EEEAA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.94:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#11155B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F6E59Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#F8E8A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F9E1D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4Khaki · ΔE 10.5Moccasin · ΔE 14.2Lemon chiffon · ΔE 14.2Navajo white · ΔE 15.1Wheat · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.02, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4A8EE
Analogous#EEC5A4, #CDEEA4
Triadic#A4EEEA, #EAA4EE
Split complementary#A4CDEE, #C5A4EE
Tetradic#A4EEC5, #A4A8EE, #EEA4CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFA
Lighter +10%#F6F4CF
Darker −10%#E6E079
Darker −20%#DED64E
Darker −30%#D2C927
Darker −40%#A7A01F
More saturated +25%#FCF697
Less saturated −25%#E1DEB2

Channel breakdown

R238
G234
B164
Red238 (93.3%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue164 (64.3%)
Hue56.76°
Saturation (HSL)68.52%
Lightness78.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G EA · B A4

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