Colour

#FFEAA5

#FFEAA5
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FFEAA5 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 234, 165 and HSL 46°, 100%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FFEAA5#FFEAA5

HEX#FFEAA5

RGBrgb(255, 234, 165)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9176, 0.6471

RGB percentages100%, 91.8%, 64.7%

HSLhsl(46, 100%, 82.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46, 35.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 8.2%, 35.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,771,749

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEAA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.56:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#00155A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8E7A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEEEA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.3 Navajo white · ΔE 10.9 Moccasin · ΔE 11 Khaki · ΔE 11.3 Wheat · ΔE 13.3 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 15

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.29, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A5BAFF

Analogous#FFBDA5, #E7FFA5

Triadic#A5FFEA, #EAA5FF

Split complementary#A5E7FF, #BDA5FF

Tetradic#A5FFBD, #A5BAFF, #FFA5E7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFF6D8

Darker −10%#FFDE72

Darker −20%#FFD23F

Darker −30%#FFC60C

Darker −40%#D8A600

More saturated +25%#FFEAA5

Less saturated −25%#F4E4B0

Channel breakdown

R255

G234

B165

Red255 (100%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue165 (64.7%)

Hue46°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness82.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EA · B A5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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