Recognised as Colour

#E5D369

#E5D369
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E5D369 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 211, 105 and HSL 51°, 70%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E5D369#E5D369

HEX#E5D369

RGBrgb(229, 211, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8275, 0.4118

RGB percentages89.8%, 82.7%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(51.3, 70.5%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 54.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 54.1%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,061,865

CSS custom property--colour: #E5D369;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.85:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#1A2C96

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4CE5Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D56Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F4C6BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.2 Burlywood · ΔE 28.7 Navajo white · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#697BE5

Analogous#E59569, #B9E569

Triadic#69E5D3, #D369E5

Split complementary#69B9E5, #9569E5

Tetradic#69E595, #697BE5, #E569B9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF9EB

Lighter +20%#F4ECC0

Lighter +10%#EDE094

Darker −10%#DDC63E

Darker −20%#C6AE22

Darker −30%#9A881B

Darker −40%#6F6113

More saturated +25%#FBE353

Less saturated −25%#CFC37F

Channel breakdown

R229

G211

B105

Red229 (89.8%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue51.29°

Saturation (HSL)70.45%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G D3 · B 69

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