Recognised as Colour

#E4D17C

#E4D17C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E4D17C is a yellow with RGB values 228, 209, 124 and HSL 49°, 66%, 69%. 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

#E4D17C#E4D17C

HEX#E4D17C

RGBrgb(228, 209, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.8196, 0.4863

RGB percentages89.4%, 82%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(49, 65.8%, 69%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49, 45.6%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 8.3%, 45.6%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,995,836

CSS custom property--colour: #E4D17C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6355WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.71:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#1B2E83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0CD75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6D47Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F2C6BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.5 Navajo white · ΔE 19.6 Burlywood · ΔE 19.8 Moccasin · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.89, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7C8FE4

Analogous#E49D7C, #C3E47C

Triadic#7CE4D1, #D17CE4

Split complementary#7CC3E4, #9D7CE4

Tetradic#7CE49D, #7C8FE4, #E47CC3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFB

Lighter +20%#F5EFD1

Lighter +10%#EDE0A6

Darker −10%#DBC252

Darker −20%#CFB12B

Darker −30%#A58D22

Darker −40%#7B6919

More saturated +25%#F8DE68

Less saturated −25%#D0C490

Channel breakdown

R228

G209

B124

Red228 (89.4%)

Green209 (82%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue49.04°

Saturation (HSL)65.82%

Lightness69.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G D1 · B 7C

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