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Recognised as Colour

#EEED9D

  • #EEED9D
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#EEED9D is a yellow with RGB values 238, 237, 157 and HSL 59°, 70%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EEED9D#EEED9D
HEX#EEED9D
RGBrgb(238, 237, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.9294, 0.6157
RGB percentages93.3%, 92.9%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(59.3, 70.4%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.3, 34%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 34%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,658,397
CSS custom property--colour: #EEED9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8118WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.24:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#111262

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FAE797no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#FBEAA0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#F9E3D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9Lemon chiffon · ΔE 18.6Moccasin · ΔE 18.7Dark khaki · ΔE 19Navajo white · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D9EEE
Analogous#EEC49D, #C7EE9D
Triadic#9DEEED, #ED9DEE
Split complementary#9DC7EE, #C59DEE
Tetradic#9DEEC4, #9D9EEE, #EE9DC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFDF4
Lighter +10%#F6F5C8
Darker −10%#E6E572
Darker −20%#DFDD46
Darker −30%#CECC24
Darker −40%#A3A11C
More saturated +25%#FCFB8F
Less saturated −25%#E0DFAB

Channel breakdown

R238
G237
B157
Red238 (93.3%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue59.26°
Saturation (HSL)70.43%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G ED · B 9D

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