Recognised as Colour

#E2E290

#E2E290
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E2E290 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 226, 144 and HSL 60°, 59%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E2E290#E2E290

HEX#E2E290

RGBrgb(226, 226, 144)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8863, 0.5647

RGB percentages88.6%, 88.6%, 56.5%

HSLhsl(60, 58.6%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 36.3%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 36.3%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,869,136

CSS custom property--colour: #E2E290;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.52:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#1D1D6F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFDC8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DF93no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Tritanopia#EDD8CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.2 Moccasin · ΔE 20.3 Navajo white · ΔE 20.4 Wheat · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.08, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9090E2

Analogous#E2B990, #B9E290

Triadic#90E2E2, #E290E2

Split complementary#90B9E2, #B990E2

Tetradic#90E2B9, #9090E2, #E290B9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F7E1

Lighter +10%#EDEDB8

Darker −10%#D7D768

Darker −20%#CDCD3F

Darker −30%#ACAC2D

Darker −40%#848422

More saturated +25%#F3F37F

Less saturated −25%#D1D1A2

Channel breakdown

R226

G226

B144

Red226 (88.6%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue144 (56.5%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)58.57%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR E2 · G E2 · B 90

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Colour values

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