Recognised as Colour

#E1CB59

#E1CB59
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1CB59 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 203, 89 and HSL 50°, 69%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E1CB59#E1CB59

HEX#E1CB59

RGBrgb(225, 203, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7961, 0.349

RGB percentages88.2%, 79.6%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(50.3, 69.4%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 60.4%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 60.4%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,797,657

CSS custom property--colour: #E1CB59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.89:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#1E34A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDC64Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3CE5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F1BDB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 29 Gold · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#596FE1

Analogous#E18759, #B3E159

Triadic#59E1CB, #CB59E1

Split complementary#59B3E1, #8759E1

Tetradic#59E187, #596FE1, #E159B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F4DB

Lighter +20%#F1E6AF

Lighter +10%#E9D984

Darker −10%#D9BD2E

Darker −20%#B49C20

Darker −30%#887619

Darker −40%#5D5111

More saturated +25%#FADC41

Less saturated −25%#C9BA72

Channel breakdown

R225

G203

B89

Red225 (88.2%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue50.29°

Saturation (HSL)69.39%

Lightness61.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G CB · B 59

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