Colour

#E2CC57

#E2CC57
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E2CC57 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 204, 87 and HSL 51°, 71%, 61%. 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

#E2CC57#E2CC57

HEX#E2CC57

RGBrgb(226, 204, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8, 0.3412

RGB percentages88.6%, 80%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(50.5, 70.6%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 61.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.7%, 61.5%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,863,447

CSS custom property--colour: #E2CC57;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60043WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.01:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#1D33A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEC74Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4CF5Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F2BEB3no 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 text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.8 Gold · ΔE 28.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#576DE2

Analogous#E28657, #B3E257

Triadic#57E2CC, #CC57E2

Split complementary#57B3E2, #8757E2

Tetradic#57E287, #576DE2, #E257B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F4D9

Lighter +20%#F1E6AE

Lighter +10%#EAD982

Darker −10%#DABF2C

Darker −20%#B49C1F

Darker −30%#887718

Darker −40%#5D5110

More saturated +25%#FBDD3E

Less saturated −25%#C9BB70

Channel breakdown

R226

G204

B87

Red226 (88.6%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue50.5°

Saturation (HSL)70.56%

Lightness61.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G CC · B 57

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