Recognised as Colour

#E2CD5B

#E2CD5B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E2CD5B is a yellow with RGB values 226, 205, 91 and HSL 51°, 70%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E2CD5B#E2CD5B

HEX#E2CD5B

RGBrgb(226, 205, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8039, 0.3569

RGB percentages88.6%, 80.4%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(50.7, 69.9%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 59.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.3%, 59.7%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,863,707

CSS custom property--colour: #E2CD5B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60587WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.12:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#1D32A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFC84Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5D061no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F2C0B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 15.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.6 Gold · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 15.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B70E2

Analogous#E28A5B, #B3E25B

Triadic#5BE2CD, #CD5BE2

Split complementary#5BB3E2, #8A5BE2

Tetradic#5BE28A, #5B70E2, #E25BB3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F5DD

Lighter +20%#F1E7B2

Lighter +10%#EADA86

Darker −10%#DAC030

Darker −20%#B79F20

Darker −30%#8B7A19

Darker −40%#605411

More saturated +25%#FADE43

Less saturated −25%#CABC73

Channel breakdown

R226

G205

B91

Red226 (88.6%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue50.67°

Saturation (HSL)69.95%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G CD · B 5B

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