Recognised as Colour

#E4D04F

#E4D04F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E4D04F is a yellow with RGB values 228, 208, 79 and HSL 52°, 73%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E4D04F#E4D04F

HEX#E4D04F

RGBrgb(228, 208, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.8157, 0.3098

RGB percentages89.4%, 81.6%, 31%

HSLhsl(51.9, 73.4%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 65.4%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 8.8%, 65.4%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,995,535

CSS custom property--colour: #E4D04F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6217WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.43:1

Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#1B2FB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3CA3Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8D256no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F5C2B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.8 Gold · ΔE 24 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.6 Yellow green · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F63E4

Analogous#E4854F, #AEE44F

Triadic#4FE4D0, #D04FE4

Split complementary#4FAEE4, #854FE4

Tetradic#4FE485, #4F63E4, #E44FAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F3D4

Lighter +20%#F2E8A7

Lighter +10%#EBDC7B

Darker −10%#DDC423

Darker −20%#B29E1B

Darker −30%#867614

Darker −40%#594F0E

More saturated +25%#FDE336

Less saturated −25%#CBBD68

Channel breakdown

R228

G208

B79

Red228 (89.4%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue51.95°

Saturation (HSL)73.4%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G D0 · B 4F

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