Colour

#E2D289

#E2D289
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E2D289 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 210, 137 and HSL 49°, 61%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E2D289#E2D289

HEX#E2D289

RGBrgb(226, 210, 137)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8235, 0.5373

RGB percentages88.6%, 82.4%, 53.7%

HSLhsl(49.2, 60.5%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 39.4%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 39.4%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,865,033

CSS custom property--colour: #E2D289;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64068WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.81:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#1D2D76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0CE84no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4D48Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#EFC8C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 11.4 Navajo white · ΔE 14.8 Moccasin · ΔE 15.8 Burlywood · ΔE 15.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8999E2

Analogous#E2A589, #C5E289

Triadic#89E2D2, #D289E2

Split complementary#89C6E2, #A589E2

Tetradic#89E2A5, #8999E2, #E289C6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6F1DB

Lighter +10%#ECE2B2

Darker −10%#D8C260

Darker −20%#CEB337

Darker −30%#A99229

Darker −40%#806E1F

More saturated +25%#F4DE77

Less saturated −25%#D0C69B

Channel breakdown

R226

G210

B137

Red226 (88.6%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue137 (53.7%)

Hue49.21°

Saturation (HSL)60.54%

Lightness71.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G D2 · B 89

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