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Recognised as Colour

#E0CB5A

  • #E0CB5A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E0CB5A is a yellow with RGB values 224, 203, 90 and HSL 51°, 68%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E0CB5A#E0CB5A
HEX#E0CB5A
RGBrgb(224, 203, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.7961, 0.3529
RGB percentages87.8%, 79.6%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(50.6, 68.4%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 59.8%, 87.8%)
CMYK0%, 9.4%, 59.8%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,732,122
CSS custom property--colour: #E0CB5A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59297WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.86:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#1F34A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDC64Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3CE60no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F0BEB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 15.8Dark khaki · ΔE 20.3Goldenrod · ΔE 21.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.5Gold · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 15.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A6FE0
Analogous#E0885A, #B2E05A
Triadic#5AE0CB, #CB5AE0
Split complementary#5AB2E0, #885AE0
Tetradic#5AE088, #5A6FE0, #E05AB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F4DB
Lighter +20%#F0E6B0
Lighter +10%#E8D985
Darker −10%#D8BD2F
Darker −20%#B29C22
Darker −30%#887619
Darker −40%#5D5111
More saturated +25%#F9DC42
Less saturated −25%#C8BA73

Channel breakdown

R224
G203
B90
Red224 (87.8%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue50.6°
Saturation (HSL)68.37%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E0 · G CB · B 5A

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