Recognised as Colour

#E1CA55

#E1CA55
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1CA55 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 202, 85 and HSL 50°, 70%, 61%. 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

#E1CA55#E1CA55

HEX#E1CA55

RGBrgb(225, 202, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7922, 0.3333

RGB percentages88.2%, 79.2%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(50.1, 70%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 62.2%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 62.2%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,797,397

CSS custom property--colour: #E1CA55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58904WCAG 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 12.78:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#1E35AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCC548no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2CD5Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#F2BCB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27 Gold · ΔE 28.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#556CE1

Analogous#E18455, #B2E155

Triadic#55E1CA, #CA55E1

Split complementary#55B2E1, #8455E1

Tetradic#55E184, #556CE1, #E155B2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F3D7

Lighter +20%#F0E5AC

Lighter +10%#E9D880

Darker −10%#D9BC2A

Darker −20%#B1991F

Darker −30%#857318

Darker −40%#5A4E10

More saturated +25%#FADB3C

Less saturated −25%#C8B96E

Channel breakdown

R225

G202

B85

Red225 (88.2%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue50.14°

Saturation (HSL)70%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G CA · B 55

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