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Recognised as Colour

#E0C970

  • #E0C970
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E0C970 is a yellow with RGB values 224, 201, 112 and HSL 48°, 64%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E0C970#E0C970
HEX#E0C970
RGBrgb(224, 201, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.7882, 0.4392
RGB percentages87.8%, 78.8%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(47.7, 64.4%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.7, 50%, 87.8%)
CMYK0%, 10.3%, 50%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,731,632
CSS custom property--colour: #E0C970;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5879WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.76:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#1F368F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9C568no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFCD74no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#EFBDB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11Dark khaki · ΔE 12.3Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.4Burlywood · ΔE 20.4Navajo white · ΔE 22.2Moccasin · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7087E0
Analogous#E09170, #BFE070
Triadic#70E0C9, #C970E0
Split complementary#70BFE0, #9170E0
Tetradic#70E091, #7087E0, #E070BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF8EE
Lighter +20%#F2E9C4
Lighter +10%#E9D99A
Darker −10%#D7B946
Darker −20%#C0A12A
Darker −30%#967E21
Darker −40%#6C5B18
More saturated +25%#F6D65A
Less saturated −25%#CABC86

Channel breakdown

R224
G201
B112
Red224 (87.8%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue47.68°
Saturation (HSL)64.37%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E0 · G C9 · B 70

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