Recognised as Colour

#E2E185

#E2E185
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E2E185 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 225, 133 and HSL 59°, 62%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E2E185#E2E185

HEX#E2E185

RGBrgb(226, 225, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8824, 0.5216

RGB percentages88.6%, 88.2%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(59.4, 61.6%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.4, 41.2%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 41.2%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,868,869

CSS custom property--colour: #E2E185;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71713WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.34:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#1D1E7A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFDA7Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DE89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EED6CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 16 Navajo white · ΔE 24.1 Moccasin · ΔE 24.4 Wheat · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.45, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8586E2

Analogous#E2B385, #B4E285

Triadic#85E2E1, #E185E2

Split complementary#85B4E2, #B385E2

Tetradic#85E2B3, #8586E2, #E285B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6F5D7

Lighter +10%#ECEBAE

Darker −10%#D8D75C

Darker −20%#CECD33

Darker −30%#A6A528

Darker −40%#7D7C1E

More saturated +25%#F5F372

Less saturated −25%#CFCF98

Channel breakdown

R226

G225

B133

Red226 (88.6%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue59.35°

Saturation (HSL)61.59%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G E1 · B 85

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