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Colour

#EEECBC

  • #EEECBC
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#EEECBC is a yellow with RGB values 238, 236, 188 and HSL 58°, 60%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#EEECBC#EEECBC
HEX#EEECBC
RGBrgb(238, 236, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.9255, 0.7373
RGB percentages93.3%, 92.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(57.6, 59.5%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(57.6, 21%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 0.8%, 21%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,658,172
CSS custom property--colour: #EEECBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81799WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.36:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#111343

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F5E8B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#F6EBBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F6E6DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 5.6Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 6.6Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.5Wheat · ΔE 9Moccasin · ΔE 9.8Light yellow · ΔE 11.2
Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 5.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCBEEE
Analogous#EED3BC, #D7EEBC
Triadic#BCEEEC, #ECBCEE
Split complementary#BCD7EE, #D3BCEE
Tetradic#BCEED3, #BCBEEE, #EEBCD7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8F8E5
Darker −10%#E4E093
Darker −20%#D9D56B
Darker −30%#CFC942
Darker −40%#B1AC2D
More saturated +25%#F9F6B2
Less saturated −25%#E3E2C7

Channel breakdown

R238
G236
B188
Red238 (93.3%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue57.6°
Saturation (HSL)59.52%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G EC · B BC

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