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Recognised as Colour

#E0C95A

  • #E0C95A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E0C95A is a yellow with RGB values 224, 201, 90 and HSL 50°, 68%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E0C95A#E0C95A
HEX#E0C95A
RGBrgb(224, 201, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.7882, 0.3529
RGB percentages87.8%, 78.8%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(49.7, 68.4%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 59.8%, 87.8%)
CMYK0%, 10.3%, 59.8%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,731,610
CSS custom property--colour: #E0C95A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58359WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.67:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#1F36A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBC44Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1CC5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F0BCB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 15.9Dark khaki · ΔE 19.7Goldenrod · ΔE 20.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.2Burlywood · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 15.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A71E0
Analogous#E0865A, #B4E05A
Triadic#5AE0C9, #C95AE0
Split complementary#5AB4E0, #865AE0
Tetradic#5AE086, #5A71E0, #E05AB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F3DB
Lighter +20%#F0E5B0
Lighter +10%#E8D785
Darker −10%#D8BB2F
Darker −20%#B29A22
Darker −30%#887519
Darker −40%#5D5011
More saturated +25%#F9D942
Less saturated −25%#C8B973

Channel breakdown

R224
G201
B90
Red224 (87.8%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue49.7°
Saturation (HSL)68.37%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E0 · G C9 · B 5A

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