Recognised as Colour

#E0CD5C

#E0CD5C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E0CD5C is a yellow with RGB values 224, 205, 92 and HSL 51°, 68%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E0CD5C#E0CD5C

HEX#E0CD5C

RGBrgb(224, 205, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.8039, 0.3608

RGB percentages87.8%, 80.4%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(51.4, 68%, 62%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 58.9%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 8.5%, 58.9%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,732,636

CSS custom property--colour: #E0CD5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60283WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.06:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#1F32A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFC850no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4CF62no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F0C0B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 15.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.8 Gold · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 15.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5C6FE0

Analogous#E08B5C, #B1E05C

Triadic#5CE0CD, #CD5CE0

Split complementary#5CB1E0, #8B5CE0

Tetradic#5CE08B, #5C6FE0, #E05CB1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F4DD

Lighter +20%#F0E7B2

Lighter +10%#E8DA87

Darker −10%#D8C031

Darker −20%#B49F22

Darker −30%#89791A

Darker −40%#5E5312

More saturated +25%#F8DE44

Less saturated −25%#C8BC74

Channel breakdown

R224

G205

B92

Red224 (87.8%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue51.36°

Saturation (HSL)68.04%

Lightness61.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G CD · B 5C

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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