Recognised as Colour

#E4D962

#E4D962
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E4D962 is a yellow with RGB values 228, 217, 98 and HSL 55°, 71%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#E4D962

RGBrgb(228, 217, 98)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.851, 0.3843

RGB percentages89.4%, 85.1%, 38.4%

HSLhsl(54.9, 70.7%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.9, 57%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 4.8%, 57%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,997,858

CSS custom property--colour: #E4D962;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.4:1

Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#1B269D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAD256no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#EED868no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F3CCBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 23 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.6 Yellow green · ΔE 29.5 Gold · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#626DE4

Analogous#E49862, #AEE462

Triadic#62E4D9, #D962E4

Split complementary#62AEE4, #9862E4

Tetradic#62E498, #626DE4, #E462AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF9E5

Lighter +20%#F3EEB9

Lighter +10%#EBE48E

Darker −10%#DDCE36

Darker −20%#BFB221

Darker −30%#948919

Darker −40%#686112

More saturated +25%#FBEC4B

Less saturated −25%#CDC679

Channel breakdown

R228

G217

B98

Red228 (89.4%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue98 (38.4%)

Hue54.92°

Saturation (HSL)70.65%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G D9 · B 62

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Colour harmonies

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