Recognised as Colour

#E1CD5E

#E1CD5E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1CD5E is a yellow with RGB values 225, 205, 94 and HSL 51°, 69%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E1CD5E#E1CD5E

HEX#E1CD5E

RGBrgb(225, 205, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8039, 0.3686

RGB percentages88.2%, 80.4%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(50.8, 68.6%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 58.2%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 58.2%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,798,174

CSS custom property--colour: #E1CD5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60478WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.1:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#1E32A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFC853no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4CF63no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F1C0B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 27.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.7 Burlywood · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5E72E1

Analogous#E18C5E, #B4E15E

Triadic#5EE1CD, #CD5EE1

Split complementary#5EB4E1, #8B5EE1

Tetradic#5EE18B, #5E72E1, #E15EB4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F5DF

Lighter +20%#F1E8B4

Lighter +10%#E9DA89

Darker −10%#D9C033

Darker −20%#B7A022

Darker −30%#8C7B1A

Darker −40%#615512

More saturated +25%#F9DE46

Less saturated −25%#C9BC76

Channel breakdown

R225

G205

B94

Red225 (88.2%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue50.84°

Saturation (HSL)68.59%

Lightness62.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G CD · B 5E

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