Recognised as Colour

#E1E083

#E1E083
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1E083 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 224, 131 and HSL 59°, 61%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E1E083#E1E083

HEX#E1E083

RGBrgb(225, 224, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8784, 0.5137

RGB percentages88.2%, 87.8%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(59.4, 61%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.4, 41.8%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 41.8%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,803,075

CSS custom property--colour: #E1E083;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70958WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.19:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#1E1F7C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EED97Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFDD87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EDD5CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16 Navajo white · ΔE 24.6 Moccasin · ΔE 24.9 Wheat · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.78, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8384E1

Analogous#E1B183, #B3E183

Triadic#83E1E0, #E083E1

Split complementary#83B3E1, #B183E1

Tetradic#83E1B1, #8384E1, #E183B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFE

Lighter +20%#F5F5D5

Lighter +10%#EBEAAC

Darker −10%#D7D65A

Darker −20%#CDCB31

Darker −30%#A3A228

Darker −40%#7A791E

More saturated +25%#F4F370

Less saturated −25%#CECD96

Channel breakdown

R225

G224

B131

Red225 (88.2%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue59.36°

Saturation (HSL)61.04%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G E0 · B 83

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