Colour

#E4D27D

#E4D27D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E4D27D is a yellow with RGB values 228, 210, 125 and HSL 50°, 66%, 69%. 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

#E4D27D#E4D27D

HEX#E4D27D

RGBrgb(228, 210, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.8235, 0.4902

RGB percentages89.4%, 82.4%, 49%

HSLhsl(49.5, 65.6%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 45.2%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 45.2%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,996,093

CSS custom property--colour: #E4D27D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64068WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.81:1

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

Contrast with black13.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#1B2D82

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1CE76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6D480no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F2C7BDno 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 text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.2 Navajo white · ΔE 19.6 Burlywood · ΔE 20 Moccasin · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.45, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7D8FE4

Analogous#E49F7D, #C3E47D

Triadic#7DE4D2, #D27DE4

Split complementary#7DC3E4, #9F7DE4

Tetradic#7DE49F, #7D8FE4, #E47DC3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFC

Lighter +20%#F6EFD1

Lighter +10%#EDE1A7

Darker −10%#DBC353

Darker −20%#D0B32B

Darker −30%#A68F22

Darker −40%#7B6A1A

More saturated +25%#F8DF69

Less saturated −25%#D0C591

Channel breakdown

R228

G210

B125

Red228 (89.4%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue49.51°

Saturation (HSL)65.61%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G D2 · B 7D

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