Recognised as Colour

#EEEAAE

#EEEAAE
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EEEAAE is a yellow with RGB values 238, 234, 174 and HSL 56°, 65%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EEEAAE#EEEAAE

HEX#EEEAAE

RGBrgb(238, 234, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.9176, 0.6824

RGB percentages93.3%, 91.8%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(56.2, 65.3%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.2, 26.9%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 1.7%, 26.9%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,657,646

CSS custom property--colour: #EEEAAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.02:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#111551

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5E5AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6E9B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F8E2DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 1.5 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 9.8 Moccasin · ΔE 10.8 Wheat · ΔE 11.2 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12 Navajo white · ΔE 12.5

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 1.47, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AEB2EE

Analogous#EECAAE, #D2EEAE

Triadic#AEEEEA, #EAAEEE

Split complementary#AED2EE, #CAAEEE

Tetradic#AEEECA, #AEB2EE, #EEAED2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F7F5D8

Darker −10%#E5DF84

Darker −20%#DCD45A

Darker −30%#D3C930

Darker −40%#ACA324

More saturated +25%#FAF5A2

Less saturated −25%#E2DFBA

Channel breakdown

R238

G234

B174

Red238 (93.3%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue56.25°

Saturation (HSL)65.31%

Lightness80.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G EA · B AE

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