Recognised as Colour
#E2DA56
- #E2DA56
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Khaki
#E2DA56 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 218, 86 and HSL 57°, 71%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.
Colour values
#E2DA56#E2DA56
HEX#E2DA56
RGBrgb(226, 218, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8549, 0.3373
RGB percentages88.6%, 85.5%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(56.6, 70.7%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.6, 61.9%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 3.5%, 61.9%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,867,030
CSS custom property--colour: #E2DA56;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.66983WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.4:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#1D25A9
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#565EE2
Analogous#E29456, #A4E256
Triadic#56E2DA, #DA56E2
Split complementary#56A4E2, #9456E2
Tetradic#56E294, #565EE2, #E256A4
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R226
G218
B86
Red226 (88.6%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue56.57°
Saturation (HSL)70.71%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G DA · B 56
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