Recognised as Colour

#E3DF69

#E3DF69
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E3DF69 is a yellow with RGB values 227, 223, 105 and HSL 58°, 69%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E3DF69#E3DF69

HEX#E3DF69

RGBrgb(227, 223, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8745, 0.4118

RGB percentages89%, 87.5%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(58, 68.5%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58, 53.7%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 1.8%, 53.7%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,933,865

CSS custom property--colour: #E3DF69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.03:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#1C2096

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFD75Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2DC6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F1D2C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 27.5 Yellow green · ΔE 27.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.9 Gold · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#696DE3

Analogous#E3A269, #AAE369

Triadic#69E3DF, #DF69E3

Split complementary#69AAE3, #A269E3

Tetradic#69E3A2, #696DE3, #E369AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBFBEA

Lighter +20%#F3F1BF

Lighter +10%#EBE894

Darker −10%#DBD63E

Darker −20%#C2BD24

Darker −30%#97931C

Darker −40%#6C6914

More saturated +25%#F9F453

Less saturated −25%#CDCA7F

Channel breakdown

R227

G223

B105

Red227 (89%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue58.03°

Saturation (HSL)68.54%

Lightness65.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G DF · B 69

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