Recognised as Colour

#E1DC83

#E1DC83
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1DC83 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 220, 131 and HSL 57°, 61%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E1DC83#E1DC83

HEX#E1DC83

RGBrgb(225, 220, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8627, 0.5137

RGB percentages88.2%, 86.3%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(56.8, 61%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.8, 41.8%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 2.2%, 41.8%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,802,051

CSS custom property--colour: #E1DC83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.77:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#1E237C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAD67Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECDA87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Tritanopia#EDD1C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.5 Navajo white · ΔE 22.4 Moccasin · ΔE 22.9 Wheat · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.36, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8388E1

Analogous#E1AD83, #B7E183

Triadic#83E1DC, #DC83E1

Split complementary#83B7E1, #AD83E1

Tetradic#83E1AD, #8388E1, #E183B7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFE

Lighter +20%#F5F3D5

Lighter +10%#EBE8AC

Darker −10%#D7D05A

Darker −20%#CDC431

Darker −30%#A39D28

Darker −40%#7A751E

More saturated +25%#F4ED70

Less saturated −25%#CECB96

Channel breakdown

R225

G220

B131

Red225 (88.2%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue56.81°

Saturation (HSL)61.04%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G DC · B 83

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