Colour

#E5D390

#E5D390
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E5D390 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 211, 144 and HSL 47°, 62%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#E5D390

RGBrgb(229, 211, 144)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8275, 0.5647

RGB percentages89.8%, 82.7%, 56.5%

HSLhsl(47.3, 62%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.3, 37.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 37.1%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,061,904

CSS custom property--colour: #E5D390;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6526WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.05:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#1A2C6F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0D08Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5D692no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F2C9C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.9 Navajo white · ΔE 11.9 Khaki · ΔE 12.5 Moccasin · ΔE 12.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.1 Wheat · ΔE 13.3

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8.91, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#90A2E5

Analogous#E5A890, #CDE590

Triadic#90E5D3, #D390E5

Split complementary#90CDE5, #A890E5

Tetradic#90E5A8, #90A2E5, #E590CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F4E3

Lighter +10%#EFE3B9

Darker −10%#DBC367

Darker −20%#D2B23D

Darker −30%#B2952A

Darker −40%#897320

More saturated +25%#F6DD7F

Less saturated −25%#D4C9A1

Channel breakdown

R229

G211

B144

Red229 (89.8%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue144 (56.5%)

Hue47.29°

Saturation (HSL)62.04%

Lightness73.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G D3 · B 90

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