Recognised as Colour

#E1E291

#E1E291
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1E291 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 226, 145 and HSL 61°, 58%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E1E291#E1E291

HEX#E1E291

RGBrgb(225, 226, 145)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8863, 0.5686

RGB percentages88.2%, 88.6%, 56.9%

HSLhsl(60.7, 58.3%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60.7, 35.8%, 88.6%)

CMYK0.4%, 0%, 35.8%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,803,601

CSS custom property--colour: #E1E291;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72445WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.49:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#1E1D6E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEDC8Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFDF94no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Tritanopia#ECD9CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.2 Moccasin · ΔE 20.1 Navajo white · ΔE 20.3 Wheat · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9291E2

Analogous#E2BB91, #B8E291

Triadic#91E1E2, #E291E1

Split complementary#91B8E2, #BA91E2

Tetradic#91E2BB, #9291E2, #E291B8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F7E2

Lighter +10%#ECEDB9

Darker −10%#D6D769

Darker −20%#CBCD40

Darker −30%#ABAD2D

Darker −40%#838423

More saturated +25%#F2F380

Less saturated −25%#D0D1A2

Channel breakdown

R225

G226

B145

Red225 (88.2%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue145 (56.9%)

Hue60.74°

Saturation (HSL)58.27%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E1 · G E2 · B 91

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