Recognised as Colour

#EEEE70

#EEEE70
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EEEE70 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 238, 112 and HSL 60°, 79%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EEEE70#EEEE70

HEX#EEEE70

RGBrgb(238, 238, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.9333, 0.4392

RGB percentages93.3%, 93.3%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(60, 78.8%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 52.9%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 52.9%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,658,608

CSS custom property--colour: #EEEE70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.1:1

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

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

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#11118F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE563no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEA77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FDE1D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.5 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 text17.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.8 Yellow green · ΔE 27.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.4 Gold · ΔE 31.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7070EE

Analogous#EEAF70, #AFEE70

Triadic#70EEEE, #EE70EE

Split complementary#70AFEE, #AF70EE

Tetradic#70EEAF, #7070EE, #EE70AF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEF9

Lighter +20%#F9F9CB

Lighter +10%#F3F39E

Darker −10%#E9E942

Darker −20%#DEDE1A

Darker −30%#B0B015

Darker −40%#828210

More saturated +25%#FFFF5F

Less saturated −25%#DADA84

Channel breakdown

R238

G238

B112

Red238 (93.3%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)78.75%

Lightness68.63%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR EE · G EE · B 70

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