Recognised as Colour

#E5D17D

#E5D17D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E5D17D is a yellow with RGB values 229, 209, 125 and HSL 48°, 67%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E5D17D#E5D17D

HEX#E5D17D

RGBrgb(229, 209, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8196, 0.4902

RGB percentages89.8%, 82%, 49%

HSLhsl(48.5, 66.7%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 45.4%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 8.7%, 45.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,061,373

CSS custom property--colour: #E5D17D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.75:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#1A2E82

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0CD76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6D480no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F3C6BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.3 Navajo white · ΔE 19.1 Burlywood · ΔE 19.2 Moccasin · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.12, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7D91E5

Analogous#E59D7D, #C5E57D

Triadic#7DE5D1, #D17DE5

Split complementary#7DC5E5, #9D7DE5

Tetradic#7DE59D, #7D91E5, #E57DC5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFC

Lighter +20%#F6EFD2

Lighter +10%#EEE0A7

Darker −10%#DDC252

Darker −20%#D2B22A

Darker −30%#A78E21

Darker −40%#7D6A19

More saturated +25%#F9DD69

Less saturated −25%#D2C591

Channel breakdown

R229

G209

B125

Red229 (89.8%)

Green209 (82%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue48.46°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness69.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G D1 · B 7D

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