Recognised as Colour

#E4D070

#E4D070
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E4D070 is a yellow with RGB values 228, 208, 112 and HSL 50°, 68%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E4D070#E4D070

HEX#E4D070

RGBrgb(228, 208, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.8157, 0.4392

RGB percentages89.4%, 81.6%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(49.7, 68.2%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 50.9%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 8.8%, 50.9%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,995,568

CSS custom property--colour: #E4D070;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62776WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.56:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#1B2F8F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0CC68no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6D374no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F3C4BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.4 Burlywood · ΔE 24.1 Navajo white · ΔE 24.6 Moccasin · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.24, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7084E4

Analogous#E49670, #BEE470

Triadic#70E4D0, #D070E4

Split complementary#70BEE4, #9670E4

Tetradic#70E496, #7084E4, #E470BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFAF1

Lighter +20%#F4ECC6

Lighter +10%#ECDE9B

Darker −10%#DCC245

Darker −20%#C8AC26

Darker −30%#9D871E

Darker −40%#726216

More saturated +25%#F9DE5B

Less saturated −25%#CFC285

Channel breakdown

R228

G208

B112

Red228 (89.4%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue49.66°

Saturation (HSL)68.24%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G D0 · B 70

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