Recognised as Colour

#E2D062

#E2D062
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E2D062 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 208, 98 and HSL 52°, 69%, 64%. 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

#E2D062#E2D062

HEX#E2D062

RGBrgb(226, 208, 98)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8157, 0.3843

RGB percentages88.6%, 81.6%, 38.4%

HSLhsl(51.6, 68.8%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 56.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 56.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,864,482

CSS custom property--colour: #E2D062;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.43:1

Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#1D2F9D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1CB57no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6D267no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F2C3B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.1 Burlywood · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6274E2

Analogous#E29062, #B4E262

Triadic#62E2D0, #D062E2

Split complementary#62B4E2, #9062E2

Tetradic#62E290, #6274E2, #E262B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF7E3

Lighter +20%#F2EAB8

Lighter +10%#EADD8D

Darker −10%#DAC337

Darker −20%#BBA623

Darker −30%#90801B

Darker −40%#655A13

More saturated +25%#F9E14B

Less saturated −25%#CBBF79

Channel breakdown

R226

G208

B98

Red226 (88.6%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue98 (38.4%)

Hue51.56°

Saturation (HSL)68.82%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G D0 · B 62

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