Recognised as Colour

#E1CA7D

#E1CA7D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#E1CA7D is a yellow with RGB values 225, 202, 125 and HSL 46°, 63%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#E1CA7D#E1CA7D

HEX#E1CA7D

RGBrgb(225, 202, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7922, 0.4902

RGB percentages88.2%, 79.2%, 49%

HSLhsl(46.2, 62.5%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.2, 44.4%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 44.4%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,797,437

CSS custom property--colour: #E1CA7D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59729WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.95:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#1E3582

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9C777no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFCE80no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#EFBFB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.8 Khaki · ΔE 11.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.9 Burlywood · ΔE 15.3 Navajo white · ΔE 16.9 Moccasin · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7D94E1

Analogous#E1987D, #C6E17D

Triadic#7DE1CA, #CA7DE1

Split complementary#7DC6E1, #987DE1

Tetradic#7DE198, #7D94E1, #E17DC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFDF9

Lighter +20%#F4ECD0

Lighter +10%#EBDBA6

Darker −10%#D7B954

Darker −20%#CAA62F

Darker −30%#A08425

Darker −40%#77621B

More saturated +25%#F5D569

Less saturated −25%#CDBF91

Channel breakdown

R225

G202

B125

Red225 (88.2%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue46.2°

Saturation (HSL)62.5%

Lightness68.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G CA · B 7D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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