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Recognised as Colour

#E2CB56

  • #E2CB56
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E2CB56 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 203, 86 and HSL 50°, 71%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E2CB56#E2CB56
HEX#E2CB56
RGBrgb(226, 203, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.7961, 0.3373
RGB percentages88.6%, 79.6%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(50.1, 70.7%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 61.9%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 10.2%, 61.9%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,863,190
CSS custom property--colour: #E2CB56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59553WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.91:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#1D34A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDC649no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4CE5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F3BDB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17.4Goldenrod · ΔE 19.9Dark khaki · ΔE 22.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.3Gold · ΔE 28.2Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#566DE2
Analogous#E28556, #B3E256
Triadic#56E2CB, #CB56E2
Split complementary#56B3E2, #8556E2
Tetradic#56E285, #566DE2, #E256B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F3D9
Lighter +20%#F1E6AD
Lighter +10%#E9D882
Darker −10%#DBBE2A
Darker −20%#B39B1F
Darker −30%#887517
Darker −40%#5C5010
More saturated +25%#FBDC3D
Less saturated −25%#C9BA6F

Channel breakdown

R226
G203
B86
Red226 (88.6%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue50.14°
Saturation (HSL)70.71%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G CB · B 56

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