Recognised as Colour

#E2E985

#E2E985
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E2E985 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 233, 133 and HSL 64°, 69%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E2E985#E2E985

HEX#E2E985

RGBrgb(226, 233, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.9137, 0.5216

RGB percentages88.6%, 91.4%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(64.2, 69.4%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64.2, 42.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK3%, 0%, 42.9%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,870,917

CSS custom property--colour: #E2E985;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.23:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#1D167A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6E17Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7E48Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Tritanopia#EDDED1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.1 Moccasin · ΔE 28.7 Navajo white · ΔE 28.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.1, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8C85E9

Analogous#E9BE85, #B0E985

Triadic#85E2E9, #E985E2

Split complementary#85B0E9, #BE85E9

Tetradic#85E9BE, #8C85E9, #E985B0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F9DB

Lighter +10%#ECF1B0

Darker −10%#D8E15A

Darker −20%#CDD92F

Darker −30%#AAB421

Darker −40%#818919

More saturated +25%#F1FB73

Less saturated −25%#D3D797

Channel breakdown

R226

G233

B133

Red226 (88.6%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue64.2°

Saturation (HSL)69.44%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E2 · G E9 · B 85

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