Colour

#E4D285

#E4D285
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E4D285 is a yellow with RGB values 228, 210, 133 and HSL 49°, 64%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E4D285#E4D285

HEX#E4D285

RGBrgb(228, 210, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.8235, 0.5216

RGB percentages89.4%, 82.4%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(48.6, 63.8%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 41.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 41.7%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,996,101

CSS custom property--colour: #E4D285;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.86:1

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

Contrast with black13.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#1B2D7A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0CE7Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5D488no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#F1C7BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.7 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 text13.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9 Dark khaki · ΔE 11.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.1 Navajo white · ΔE 16.1 Burlywood · ΔE 16.9 Moccasin · ΔE 17.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8597E4

Analogous#E4A285, #C6E485

Triadic#85E4D2, #D285E4

Split complementary#85C6E4, #A285E4

Tetradic#85E4A3, #8597E4, #E485C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6F1D9

Lighter +10%#EDE1AF

Darker −10%#DBC35B

Darker −20%#D2B331

Darker −30%#AA9126

Darker −40%#816E1C

More saturated +25%#F7DE72

Less saturated −25%#D1C698

Channel breakdown

R228

G210

B133

Red228 (89.4%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue48.63°

Saturation (HSL)63.76%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G D2 · B 85

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