Recognised as Colour

#E1D75D

#E1D75D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1D75D is a yellow with RGB values 225, 215, 93 and HSL 55°, 69%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E1D75D#E1D75D

HEX#E1D75D

RGBrgb(225, 215, 93)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8431, 0.3647

RGB percentages88.2%, 84.3%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(55.5, 68.7%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.5, 58.7%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 4.4%, 58.7%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,800,733

CSS custom property--colour: #E1D75D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65399WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.08:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#1E28A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8D050no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD664no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F0CABDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.9 Yellow green · ΔE 28.4 Gold · ΔE 28.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D67E1

Analogous#E1955D, #A9E15D

Triadic#5DE1D7, #D75DE1

Split complementary#5DA9E1, #955DE1

Tetradic#5DE195, #5D67E1, #E15DA9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F7DE

Lighter +20%#F1ECB3

Lighter +10%#E9E288

Darker −10%#D9CC32

Darker −20%#B6AB22

Darker −30%#8B831A

Darker −40%#605A12

More saturated +25%#F9EB45

Less saturated −25%#C9C375

Channel breakdown

R225

G215

B93

Red225 (88.2%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue55.45°

Saturation (HSL)68.75%

Lightness62.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G D7 · B 5D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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