Colour

#E2CD64

#E2CD64
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E2CD64 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 205, 100 and HSL 50°, 68%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E2CD64#E2CD64

HEX#E2CD64

RGBrgb(226, 205, 100)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8039, 0.3922

RGB percentages88.6%, 80.4%, 39.2%

HSLhsl(50, 68.5%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 55.8%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.3%, 55.8%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,863,716

CSS custom property--colour: #E2CD64;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.15:1

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

Contrast with black13.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#1D329B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEC85Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4D069no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F2C0B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.1 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 text13.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.8 Burlywood · ΔE 27.7 Navajo white · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6479E2

Analogous#E28E64, #B8E264

Triadic#64E2CD, #CD64E2

Split complementary#64B8E2, #8E64E2

Tetradic#64E28E, #6479E2, #E264B8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF7E5

Lighter +20%#F2E9BA

Lighter +10%#EADB8F

Darker −10%#DABF39

Darker −20%#BDA323

Darker −30%#927E1B

Darker −40%#675913

More saturated +25%#F9DC4D

Less saturated −25%#CBBE7B

Channel breakdown

R226

G205

B100

Red226 (88.6%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue100 (39.2%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)68.48%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G CD · B 64

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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