Recognised as Colour

#E3D280

#E3D280
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E3D280 is a yellow with RGB values 227, 210, 128 and HSL 50°, 64%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E3D280#E3D280

HEX#E3D280

RGBrgb(227, 210, 128)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8235, 0.502

RGB percentages89%, 82.4%, 50.2%

HSLhsl(49.7, 63.9%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 43.6%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 7.5%, 43.6%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,930,560

CSS custom property--colour: #E3D280;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63983WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.8:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#1C2D7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1CE7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6D483no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#F1C7BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 11.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.9 Navajo white · ΔE 18.4 Burlywood · ΔE 19 Moccasin · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.76, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8091E3

Analogous#E3A080, #C3E380

Triadic#80E3D2, #D280E3

Split complementary#80C2E3, #A180E3

Tetradic#80E3A1, #8091E3, #E380C2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFD

Lighter +20%#F5F0D4

Lighter +10%#ECE1AA

Darker −10%#DAC356

Darker −20%#CFB42E

Darker −30%#A68F24

Darker −40%#7C6B1B

More saturated +25%#F6DF6D

Less saturated −25%#D0C593

Channel breakdown

R227

G210

B128

Red227 (89%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue128 (50.2%)

Hue49.7°

Saturation (HSL)63.87%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G D2 · B 80

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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