Recognised as Colour

#E4D574

#E4D574
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E4D574 is a yellow with RGB values 228, 213, 116 and HSL 52°, 67%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E4D574#E4D574

HEX#E4D574

RGBrgb(228, 213, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.8353, 0.4549

RGB percentages89.4%, 83.5%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(52, 67.5%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 49.1%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 6.6%, 49.1%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,996,852

CSS custom property--colour: #E4D574;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.07:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#1B2A8B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5D06Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D678no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F2C9BEno 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 text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.6 Navajo white · ΔE 24.9 Burlywood · ΔE 25.4 Moccasin · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.36, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7483E4

Analogous#E49D74, #BBE474

Triadic#74E4D5, #D574E4

Split complementary#74BBE4, #9D74E4

Tetradic#74E49D, #7483E4, #E474BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFCF4

Lighter +20%#F5EFC9

Lighter +10%#ECE29F

Darker −10%#DCC849

Darker −20%#CBB527

Darker −30%#A08F1F

Darker −40%#756917

More saturated +25%#F9E45F

Less saturated −25%#CFC689

Channel breakdown

R228

G213

B116

Red228 (89.4%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue51.96°

Saturation (HSL)67.47%

Lightness67.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G D5 · B 74

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