Recognised as Colour
#FFEEAF
- #FFEEAF
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Pale goldenrod
#FFEEAF is a yellow with RGB values 255, 238, 175 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
#FFEEAF#FFEEAF
HEX#FFEEAF
RGBrgb(255, 238, 175)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.9333, 0.6863
RGB percentages100%, 93.3%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(47.3, 100%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.3, 31.4%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 6.7%, 31.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,772,783
CSS custom property--colour: #FFEEAF;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.85504WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.1:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED
Inverted#001150
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#AFC0FF
Analogous#FFC6AF, #E8FFAF
Triadic#AFFFEE, #EEAFFF
Split complementary#AFE8FF, #C6AFFF
Tetradic#AFFFC6, #AFC0FF, #FFAFE8
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R255
G238
B175
Red255 (100%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue47.25°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G EE · B AF
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