Colour

#E1E45A

#E1E45A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1E45A is a yellow with RGB values 225, 228, 90 and HSL 61°, 72%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E1E45A#E1E45A

HEX#E1E45A

RGBrgb(225, 228, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8941, 0.3529

RGB percentages88.2%, 89.4%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(61.3, 71.9%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(61.3, 60.5%, 89.4%)

CMYK1.3%, 0%, 60.5%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,804,058

CSS custom property--colour: #E1E45A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72233WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.45:1

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

Contrast with black15.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#1E1BA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5DB49no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6DF63no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Tritanopia#F0D7C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.1 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 text15.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 22.1 Yellow green · ΔE 23 Gold · ΔE 27.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 31 Yellow · ΔE 31 Goldenrod · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 22.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D5AE4

Analogous#E4A25A, #9CE45A

Triadic#5AE1E4, #E45AE1

Split complementary#5A9CE4, #A25AE4

Tetradic#5AE4A2, #5D5AE4, #E45A9C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9FADD

Lighter +20%#F1F2B2

Lighter +10%#E9EB86

Darker −10%#D9DD2E

Darker −20%#B6BA1E

Darker −30%#8B8E17

Darker −40%#606210

More saturated +25%#F8FC42

Less saturated −25%#CACC72

Channel breakdown

R225

G228

B90

Red225 (88.2%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue61.3°

Saturation (HSL)71.88%

Lightness62.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E1 · G E4 · B 5A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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