Colour

#EEEBA5

#EEEBA5
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EEEBA5 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 235, 165 and HSL 58°, 68%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EEEBA5#EEEBA5

HEX#EEEBA5

RGBrgb(238, 235, 165)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.9216, 0.6471

RGB percentages93.3%, 92.2%, 64.7%

HSLhsl(57.5, 68.2%, 79%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.5, 30.7%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 1.3%, 30.7%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,657,893

CSS custom property--colour: #EEEBA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8031WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.06:1

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

Contrast with black17.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#11145A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7E6A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E9A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F8E2D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 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 text17.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.1 Khaki · ΔE 10.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 14.1 Moccasin · ΔE 14.4 Wheat · ΔE 15.3 Navajo white · ΔE 15.4

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.11, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A5A8EE

Analogous#EEC6A5, #CDEEA5

Triadic#A5EEEB, #EBA5EE

Split complementary#A5CDEE, #C6A5EE

Tetradic#A5EEC6, #A5A8EE, #EEA5CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFEFB

Lighter +10%#F6F5D0

Darker −10%#E6E17A

Darker −20%#DED84F

Darker −30%#D2CB28

Darker −40%#A7A220

More saturated +25%#FBF798

Less saturated −25%#E1DFB2

Channel breakdown

R238

G235

B165

Red238 (93.3%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue165 (64.7%)

Hue57.53°

Saturation (HSL)68.22%

Lightness79.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G EB · B A5

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