Colour

#E2CB68

#E2CB68
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E2CB68 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 203, 104 and HSL 49°, 68%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E2CB68#E2CB68

HEX#E2CB68

RGBrgb(226, 203, 104)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.7961, 0.4078

RGB percentages88.6%, 79.6%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(48.7, 67.8%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.7, 54%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 54%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,863,208

CSS custom property--colour: #E2CB68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5988WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.98:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#1D3497

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCC75Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2CF6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F2BEB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 24 Burlywood · ΔE 24.9 Navajo white · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#687FE2

Analogous#E28E68, #BCE268

Triadic#68E2CB, #CB68E2

Split complementary#68BCE2, #8E68E2

Tetradic#68E28E, #687FE2, #E268BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBF7E8

Lighter +20%#F2E8BE

Lighter +10%#EADA93

Darker −10%#DABC3D

Darker −20%#BFA225

Darker −30%#947E1D

Darker −40%#6A5A14

More saturated +25%#F8D951

Less saturated −25%#CBBD7E

Channel breakdown

R226

G203

B104

Red226 (88.6%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue48.69°

Saturation (HSL)67.78%

Lightness64.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G CB · B 68

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