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Recognised as Colour

#E5C85A

  • #E5C85A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E5C85A is a yellow with RGB values 229, 200, 90 and HSL 47°, 73%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E5C85A#E5C85A
HEX#E5C85A
RGBrgb(229, 200, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.7843, 0.3529
RGB percentages89.8%, 78.4%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(47.5, 72.8%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.5, 60.7%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 12.7%, 60.7%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,059,034
CSS custom property--colour: #E5C85A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58705WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.74:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#1A37A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBC44Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2CD5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F6BAB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.8Goldenrod · ΔE 18.8Dark khaki · ΔE 20.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.7Sandy brown · ΔE 28.6Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A77E5
Analogous#E5825A, #BCE55A
Triadic#5AE5C8, #C85AE5
Split complementary#5ABCE5, #835AE5
Tetradic#5AE583, #5A77E5, #E55ABC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF4DE
Lighter +20%#F3E5B2
Lighter +10%#ECD786
Darker −10%#DEB92E
Darker −20%#BB9B1E
Darker −30%#8F7617
Darker −40%#635210
More saturated +25%#FDD642
Less saturated −25%#CDBA72

Channel breakdown

R229
G200
B90
Red229 (89.8%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue47.48°
Saturation (HSL)72.77%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G C8 · B 5A

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