Recognised as Colour

#E1E57C

#E1E57C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1E57C is a yellow with RGB values 225, 229, 124 and HSL 62°, 67%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E1E57C#E1E57C

HEX#E1E57C

RGBrgb(225, 229, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.898, 0.4863

RGB percentages88.2%, 89.8%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(62.3, 66.9%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.3, 45.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK1.7%, 0%, 45.9%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,804,348

CSS custom property--colour: #E1E57C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73501WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.7:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#1E1A83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3DD73no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4E081no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EDDACCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.4 Yellow green · ΔE 29.9 Navajo white · ΔE 30.2 Moccasin · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.98, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#807CE5

Analogous#E5B47C, #ADE57C

Triadic#7CE1E5, #E57CE1

Split complementary#7CADE5, #B47CE5

Tetradic#7CE5B4, #807CE5, #E57CAD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFC

Lighter +20%#F4F6D1

Lighter +10%#EBEDA7

Darker −10%#D7DD51

Darker −20%#CBD12A

Darker −30%#A2A721

Darker −40%#797C19

More saturated +25%#F3F968

Less saturated −25%#CFD190

Channel breakdown

R225

G229

B124

Red225 (88.2%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue62.29°

Saturation (HSL)66.88%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E1 · G E5 · B 7C

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