Colour

#E5D06B

#E5D06B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E5D06B is a yellow with RGB values 229, 208, 107 and HSL 50°, 70%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E5D06B#E5D06B

HEX#E5D06B

RGBrgb(229, 208, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8157, 0.4196

RGB percentages89.8%, 81.6%, 42%

HSLhsl(49.7, 70.1%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 53.3%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 53.3%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,061,099

CSS custom property--colour: #E5D06B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.57:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#1A2F94

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1CB62no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7D36Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F5C3B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 25 Burlywood · ΔE 26.2 Navajo white · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6B80E5

Analogous#E5936B, #BDE56B

Triadic#6BE5D0, #D06BE5

Split complementary#6BBDE5, #936BE5

Tetradic#6BE593, #6B80E5, #E56BBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF9ED

Lighter +20%#F4ECC2

Lighter +10%#EDDE96

Darker −10%#DDC240

Darker −20%#C7AB23

Darker −30%#9C861B

Darker −40%#706014

More saturated +25%#FBDE55

Less saturated −25%#CFC281

Channel breakdown

R229

G208

B107

Red229 (89.8%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue49.67°

Saturation (HSL)70.11%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G D0 · B 6B

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