Colour

#E0E075

#E0E075
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E0E075 is a yellow with RGB values 224, 224, 117 and HSL 60°, 63%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E0E075#E0E075

HEX#E0E075

RGBrgb(224, 224, 117)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.8784, 0.4588

RGB percentages87.8%, 87.8%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(60, 63.3%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 47.8%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 47.8%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,737,525

CSS custom property--colour: #E0E075;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70443WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.09:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#1F1F8A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFD86Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DC7Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Tritanopia#EDD4C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.5 Yellow green · ΔE 29.6 Navajo white · ΔE 30.5 Moccasin · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7575E0

Analogous#E0AB75, #ABE075

Triadic#75E0E0, #E075E0

Split complementary#75ABE0, #AB75E0

Tetradic#75E0AB, #7575E0, #E075AB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFCF2

Lighter +20%#F3F3C8

Lighter +10%#E9E99F

Darker −10%#D7D74B

Darker −20%#C3C32C

Darker −30%#9A9A22

Darker −40%#707019

More saturated +25%#F5F560

Less saturated −25%#CBCB8A

Channel breakdown

R224

G224

B117

Red224 (87.8%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)63.31%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR E0 · G E0 · B 75

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Colour values

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