Recognised as Colour

#E3D266

#E3D266
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E3D266 is a yellow with RGB values 227, 210, 102 and HSL 52°, 69%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E3D266#E3D266

HEX#E3D266

RGBrgb(227, 210, 102)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8235, 0.4

RGB percentages89%, 82.4%, 40%

HSLhsl(51.8, 69.1%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 55.1%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 7.5%, 55.1%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,930,534

CSS custom property--colour: #E3D266;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63383WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.68:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#1C2D99

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3CD5Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8D36Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F2C5BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25 Burlywood · ΔE 29.5 Navajo white · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6677E3

Analogous#E39366, #B5E366

Triadic#66E3D2, #D266E3

Split complementary#66B5E3, #9366E3

Tetradic#66E394, #6677E3, #E366B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBF8E7

Lighter +20%#F3EBBC

Lighter +10%#EBDF91

Darker −10%#DBC53B

Darker −20%#C0AB23

Darker −30%#95841B

Darker −40%#6A5E13

More saturated +25%#FAE24F

Less saturated −25%#CCC27D

Channel breakdown

R227

G210

B102

Red227 (89%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue102 (40%)

Hue51.84°

Saturation (HSL)69.06%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G D2 · B 66

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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