Colour

#E1CF56

#E1CF56
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1CF56 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 207, 86 and HSL 52°, 70%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E1CF56#E1CF56

HEX#E1CF56

RGBrgb(225, 207, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8118, 0.3373

RGB percentages88.2%, 81.2%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(52.2, 69.8%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 61.8%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 61.8%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,798,678

CSS custom property--colour: #E1CF56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.26:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#1E30A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1C948no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6D15Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F1C1B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.3 Gold · ΔE 27.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5668E1

Analogous#E18A56, #ADE156

Triadic#56E1CF, #CF56E1

Split complementary#56ADE1, #8A56E1

Tetradic#56E18A, #5668E1, #E156AD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F4D8

Lighter +20%#F0E8AD

Lighter +10%#E9DB81

Darker −10%#D9C32B

Darker −20%#B19F20

Darker −30%#867818

Darker −40%#5B5110

More saturated +25%#FAE13D

Less saturated −25%#C8BD6F

Channel breakdown

R225

G207

B86

Red225 (88.2%)

Green207 (81.2%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue52.23°

Saturation (HSL)69.85%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G CF · B 56

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