Colour

#E1C960

#E1C960
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1C960 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 201, 96 and HSL 49°, 68%, 63%. 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

#E1C960#E1C960

HEX#E1C960

RGBrgb(225, 201, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7882, 0.3765

RGB percentages88.2%, 78.8%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(48.8, 68.3%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 57.3%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 10.7%, 57.3%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,797,152

CSS custom property--colour: #E1C960;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58625WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.73:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#1E369F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBC556no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1CD65no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F1BCB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 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 text12.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.3 Burlywood · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6078E1

Analogous#E18860, #B8E160

Triadic#60E1C9, #C960E1

Split complementary#60B8E1, #8960E1

Tetradic#60E189, #6078E1, #E160B8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F5E1

Lighter +20%#F1E6B6

Lighter +10%#E9D88B

Darker −10%#D9BA35

Darker −20%#B89C23

Darker −30%#8D781B

Darker −40%#625413

More saturated +25%#F9D848

Less saturated −25%#C9BA78

Channel breakdown

R225

G201

B96

Red225 (88.2%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue48.84°

Saturation (HSL)68.25%

Lightness62.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G C9 · B 60

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Colour values

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