Colour

#FFEEAE

#FFEEAE
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FFEEAE is a yellow with RGB values 255, 238, 174 and HSL 47°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FFEEAE#FFEEAE

HEX#FFEEAE

RGBrgb(255, 238, 174)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9333, 0.6824

RGB percentages100%, 93.3%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(47.4, 100%, 84.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.4, 31.8%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 31.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,782

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEEAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness236.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.09:1

Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED

Inverted#001151

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBEBAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF0B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE5DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.3 Moccasin · ΔE 9.3 Navajo white · ΔE 10.2 Wheat · ΔE 11.4 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.6 Khaki · ΔE 13.6

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AEBFFF

Analogous#FFC6AE, #E8FFAE

Triadic#AEFFEE, #EEAEFF

Split complementary#AEE8FF, #C6AEFF

Tetradic#AEFFC6, #AEBFFF, #FFAEE8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFF9E1

Darker −10%#FFE37B

Darker −20%#FFD948

Darker −30%#FFCE15

Darker −40%#E1B200

More saturated +25%#FFEEAE

Less saturated −25%#F5E8B8

Channel breakdown

R255

G238

B174

Red255 (100%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue47.41°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness84.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EE · B AE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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