Colour

#E3CD62

#E3CD62
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E3CD62 is a yellow with RGB values 227, 205, 98 and HSL 50°, 70%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E3CD62#E3CD62

HEX#E3CD62

RGBrgb(227, 205, 98)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8039, 0.3843

RGB percentages89%, 80.4%, 38.4%

HSLhsl(49.8, 69.7%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 56.8%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 9.7%, 56.8%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,929,250

CSS custom property--colour: #E3CD62;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60875WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.18:1

Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#1C329D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFC857no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5D067no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F3C0B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.8 Burlywood · ΔE 28.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6278E3

Analogous#E38C62, #B9E362

Triadic#62E3CD, #CD62E3

Split complementary#62B8E3, #8D62E3

Tetradic#62E38D, #6278E3, #E362B8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF6E4

Lighter +20%#F2E9B9

Lighter +10%#EBDB8D

Darker −10%#DBBF37

Darker −20%#BDA322

Darker −30%#927E1A

Darker −40%#675812

More saturated +25%#FADC4B

Less saturated −25%#CCBE79

Channel breakdown

R227

G205

B98

Red227 (89%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue98 (38.4%)

Hue49.77°

Saturation (HSL)69.73%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G CD · B 62

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