Recognised as Colour

#E4E68B

#E4E68B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E4E68B is a yellow with RGB values 228, 230, 139 and HSL 61°, 65%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E4E68B#E4E68B

HEX#E4E68B

RGBrgb(228, 230, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.902, 0.5451

RGB percentages89.4%, 90.2%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(61.3, 64.5%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(61.3, 39.6%, 90.2%)

CMYK0.9%, 0%, 39.6%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,001,227

CSS custom property--colour: #E4E68B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74952WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.99:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#1B1974

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3DF84no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4E28Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Tritanopia#EFDCD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.4 Moccasin · ΔE 24.1 Navajo white · ΔE 24.2 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.95, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8D8BE6

Analogous#E6BB8B, #B6E68B

Triadic#8BE4E6, #E68BE4

Split complementary#8BB6E6, #BB8BE6

Tetradic#8BE6BB, #8D8BE6, #E68BB6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F8DF

Lighter +10%#EEEFB5

Darker −10%#DADD61

Darker −20%#D0D437

Darker −30%#AFB226

Darker −40%#85881D

More saturated +25%#F5F879

Less saturated −25%#D3D49D

Channel breakdown

R228

G230

B139

Red228 (89.4%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue61.32°

Saturation (HSL)64.54%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E4 · G E6 · B 8B

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