Colour

#E1D287

#E1D287
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1D287 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 210, 135 and HSL 50°, 60%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E1D287#E1D287

HEX#E1D287

RGBrgb(225, 210, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8235, 0.5294

RGB percentages88.2%, 82.4%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(50, 60%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 40%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 40%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,799,495

CSS custom property--colour: #E1D287;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.77:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#1E2D78

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0CE81no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4D48Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#EEC8BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11 Dark khaki · ΔE 11.1 Navajo white · ΔE 15.8 Burlywood · ΔE 16.8 Moccasin · ΔE 16.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.52, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8796E1

Analogous#E1A587, #C3E187

Triadic#87E1D2, #D287E1

Split complementary#87C3E1, #A587E1

Tetradic#87E1A5, #8796E1, #E187C3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F1D9

Lighter +10%#EBE1B0

Darker −10%#D7C35E

Darker −20%#CDB335

Darker −30%#A69129

Darker −40%#7D6D1F

More saturated +25%#F4DF74

Less saturated −25%#CEC59A

Channel breakdown

R225

G210

B135

Red225 (88.2%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G D2 · B 87

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