Recognised as Colour

#E2D081

#E2D081
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E2D081 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 208, 129 and HSL 49°, 63%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E2D081#E2D081

HEX#E2D081

RGBrgb(226, 208, 129)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8157, 0.5059

RGB percentages88.6%, 81.6%, 50.6%

HSLhsl(48.9, 62.6%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 42.9%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 42.9%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,864,513

CSS custom property--colour: #E2D081;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.57:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#1D2F7E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFCC7Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4D284no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#EFC5BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9 Dark khaki · ΔE 11.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.3 Navajo white · ΔE 17.3 Burlywood · ΔE 17.4 Moccasin · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.02, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8193E2

Analogous#E2A081, #C3E281

Triadic#81E2D0, #D081E2

Split complementary#81C3E2, #A081E2

Tetradic#81E2A0, #8193E2, #E281C3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFD

Lighter +20%#F5EFD4

Lighter +10%#ECDFAA

Darker −10%#D8C158

Darker −20%#CEB02F

Darker −30%#A48D26

Darker −40%#7B691C

More saturated +25%#F5DC6E

Less saturated −25%#CFC494

Channel breakdown

R226

G208

B129

Red226 (88.6%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue129 (50.6%)

Hue48.87°

Saturation (HSL)62.58%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G D0 · B 81

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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