Recognised as Colour

#E1CB5E

#E1CB5E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1CB5E is a yellow with RGB values 225, 203, 94 and HSL 50°, 69%, 63%. 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

#E1CB5E#E1CB5E

HEX#E1CB5E

RGBrgb(225, 203, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7961, 0.3686

RGB percentages88.2%, 79.6%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(49.9, 68.6%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 58.2%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 58.2%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,797,662

CSS custom property--colour: #E1CB5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59528WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.91:1

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

Contrast with black12.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#1E34A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDC653no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3CE63no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F1BEB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.8 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 text12.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 19 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.9 Burlywood · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5E74E1

Analogous#E1895E, #B5E15E

Triadic#5EE1CB, #CB5EE1

Split complementary#5EB5E1, #895EE1

Tetradic#5EE18A, #5E74E1, #E15EB6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F5DF

Lighter +20%#F1E7B4

Lighter +10%#E9D989

Darker −10%#D9BD33

Darker −20%#B79E22

Darker −30%#8C791A

Darker −40%#615412

More saturated +25%#F9DB46

Less saturated −25%#C9BB76

Channel breakdown

R225

G203

B94

Red225 (88.2%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue49.92°

Saturation (HSL)68.59%

Lightness62.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G CB · B 5E

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