Recognised as Colour

#E1E186

#E1E186
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1E186 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 225, 134 and HSL 60°, 60%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E1E186#E1E186

HEX#E1E186

RGBrgb(225, 225, 134)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8824, 0.5255

RGB percentages88.2%, 88.2%, 52.5%

HSLhsl(60, 60.3%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 40.4%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 40.4%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,803,334

CSS custom property--colour: #E1E186;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71579WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.32:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#1E1E79

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEDA7Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DE8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Tritanopia#EDD7CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.8 Navajo white · ΔE 23.9 Moccasin · ΔE 24.1 Wheat · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.76, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8686E1

Analogous#E1B386, #B3E186

Triadic#86E1E1, #E186E1

Split complementary#86B3E1, #B386E1

Tetradic#86E1B3, #8686E1, #E186B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F5D8

Lighter +10%#EBEBAF

Darker −10%#D7D75D

Darker −20%#CDCD34

Darker −30%#A5A529

Darker −40%#7C7C1F

More saturated +25%#F4F473

Less saturated −25%#CECE99

Channel breakdown

R225

G225

B134

Red225 (88.2%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue134 (52.5%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)60.26%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR E1 · G E1 · B 86

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