Colour

#E3CE69

#E3CE69
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E3CE69 is a yellow with RGB values 227, 206, 105 and HSL 50°, 69%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E3CE69#E3CE69

HEX#E3CE69

RGBrgb(227, 206, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8078, 0.4118

RGB percentages89%, 80.8%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(49.7, 68.5%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 53.7%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 9.3%, 53.7%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,929,513

CSS custom property--colour: #E3CE69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61493WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.3:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#1C3196

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFC960no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5D16Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F2C1B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.6 Burlywood · ΔE 26 Navajo white · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#697EE3

Analogous#E39169, #BBE369

Triadic#69E3CE, #CE69E3

Split complementary#69BBE3, #9169E3

Tetradic#69E391, #697EE3, #E369BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBF8EA

Lighter +20%#F3EABF

Lighter +10%#EBDC94

Darker −10%#DBC03E

Darker −20%#C2A724

Darker −30%#97821C

Darker −40%#6C5D14

More saturated +25%#F9DD53

Less saturated −25%#CDBF7F

Channel breakdown

R227

G206

B105

Red227 (89%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue49.67°

Saturation (HSL)68.54%

Lightness65.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G CE · B 69

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