Colour

#E1EC8D

#E1EC8D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1EC8D is a yellow with RGB values 225, 236, 141 and HSL 67°, 71%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E1EC8D#E1EC8D

HEX#E1EC8D

RGBrgb(225, 236, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.9255, 0.5529

RGB percentages88.2%, 92.5%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(66.9, 71.4%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.9, 40.3%, 92.5%)

CMYK4.7%, 0%, 40.3%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,806,157

CSS custom property--colour: #E1EC8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77922WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.58:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#1E1372

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9E486no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8E691no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Tritanopia#EBE2D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.3 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 26.6 Moccasin · ΔE 27.3 Navajo white · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.67, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#988DEC

Analogous#ECC88D, #B2EC8D

Triadic#8DE1EC, #EC8DE1

Split complementary#8DB1EC, #C88DEC

Tetradic#8DECC8, #988DEC, #EC8DB1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8FBE4

Lighter +10%#EDF3B9

Darker −10%#D5E561

Darker −20%#CADD36

Darker −30%#ADC020

Darker −40%#869419

More saturated +25%#EEFD7C

Less saturated −25%#D4DB9E

Channel breakdown

R225

G236

B141

Red225 (88.2%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue66.95°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E1 · G EC · B 8D

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