Recognised as Colour

#E2D05E

#E2D05E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E2D05E is a yellow with RGB values 226, 208, 94 and HSL 52°, 69%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E2D05E#E2D05E

HEX#E2D05E

RGBrgb(226, 208, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8157, 0.3686

RGB percentages88.6%, 81.6%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(51.8, 69.5%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 58.4%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 58.4%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,864,478

CSS custom property--colour: #E2D05E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62089WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.42:1

Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#1D2FA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2CB52no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7D264no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F2C3B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 23 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 27.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.9 Gold · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5E70E2

Analogous#E28E5E, #B2E25E

Triadic#5EE2D0, #D05EE2

Split complementary#5EB2E2, #8E5EE2

Tetradic#5EE28E, #5E70E2, #E25EB2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F6E0

Lighter +20%#F2E9B4

Lighter +10%#EADD89

Darker −10%#DAC333

Darker −20%#B9A421

Darker −30%#8E7E19

Darker −40%#625712

More saturated +25%#FAE146

Less saturated −25%#CABF76

Channel breakdown

R226

G208

B94

Red226 (88.6%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue51.82°

Saturation (HSL)69.47%

Lightness62.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G D0 · B 5E

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