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Recognised as Colour

#E4D56E

  • #E4D56E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E4D56E is a yellow with RGB values 228, 213, 110 and HSL 52°, 69%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E4D56E#E4D56E
HEX#E4D56E
RGBrgb(228, 213, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.8353, 0.4314
RGB percentages89.4%, 83.5%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(52.4, 68.6%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 51.8%, 89.4%)
CMYK0%, 6.6%, 51.8%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,996,846
CSS custom property--colour: #E4D56E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65208WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.04:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#1B2A91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5D065no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#EAD673no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F3C9BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.3Dark khaki · ΔE 17.1Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.2Goldenrod · ΔE 27.2Navajo white · ΔE 27.6Burlywood · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6E7DE4
Analogous#E49A6E, #B8E46E
Triadic#6EE4D5, #D56EE4
Split complementary#6EB8E4, #9A6EE4
Tetradic#6EE49A, #6E7DE4, #E46EB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFAEF
Lighter +20%#F4EEC4
Lighter +10%#ECE199
Darker −10%#DCC943
Darker −20%#C7B225
Darker −30%#9C8C1D
Darker −40%#716515
More saturated +25%#FAE559
Less saturated −25%#CFC584

Channel breakdown

R228
G213
B110
Red228 (89.4%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue52.37°
Saturation (HSL)68.6%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E4 · G D5 · B 6E

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