Recognised as Colour

#E4E275

#E4E275
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E4E275 is a yellow with RGB values 228, 226, 117 and HSL 59°, 67%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E4E275#E4E275

HEX#E4E275

RGBrgb(228, 226, 117)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.8863, 0.4588

RGB percentages89.4%, 88.6%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(58.9, 67.3%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.9, 48.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 0.9%, 48.7%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,000,181

CSS custom property--colour: #E4E275;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72171WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.43:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#1B1D8A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1DA6Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3DF7Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F2D6C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.2 Yellow green · ΔE 29.9 Navajo white · ΔE 30.9 Moccasin · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.7, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7577E4

Analogous#E4AB75, #AFE475

Triadic#75E4E2, #E275E4

Split complementary#75AEE4, #AB75E4

Tetradic#75E4AB, #7577E4, #E475AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFDF5

Lighter +20%#F5F4CA

Lighter +10%#ECEBA0

Darker −10%#DCD94A

Darker −20%#CBC828

Darker −30%#A19E1F

Darker −40%#767417

More saturated +25%#F9F660

Less saturated −25%#CFCE8A

Channel breakdown

R228

G226

B117

Red228 (89.4%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue58.92°

Saturation (HSL)67.27%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G E2 · B 75

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