Recognised as Colour

#EEEC8D

#EEEC8D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EEEC8D is a yellow with RGB values 238, 236, 141 and HSL 59°, 74%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EEEC8D#EEEC8D

HEX#EEEC8D

RGBrgb(238, 236, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.9255, 0.5529

RGB percentages93.3%, 92.5%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(58.8, 74%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.8, 40.8%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 0.8%, 40.8%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,658,125

CSS custom property--colour: #EEEC8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.8 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#E6E6E6

Inverted#111372

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE586no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE991no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FBE1D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42 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

Khaki · ΔE 4.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 20 Navajo white · ΔE 24.9 Moccasin · ΔE 24.9 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)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#8D8FEE

Analogous#EEBC8D, #BFEE8D

Triadic#8DEEEC, #EC8DEE

Split complementary#8DBFEE, #BC8DEE

Tetradic#8DEEBC, #8D8FEE, #EE8DBF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBFBE6

Lighter +10%#F5F3B9

Darker −10%#E7E561

Darker −20%#E1DD34

Darker −30%#C5C11D

Darker −40%#989617

More saturated +25%#FEFC7D

Less saturated −25%#DEDC9D

Channel breakdown

R238

G236

B141

Red238 (93.3%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue58.76°

Saturation (HSL)74.05%

Lightness74.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G EC · B 8D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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