Colour

#E5D45A

#E5D45A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E5D45A is a yellow with RGB values 229, 212, 90 and HSL 53°, 73%, 63%. 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

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HEX#E5D45A

RGBrgb(229, 212, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8314, 0.3529

RGB percentages89.8%, 83.1%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(52.7, 72.8%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 60.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 7.4%, 60.7%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,062,106

CSS custom property--colour: #E5D45A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64483WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.9:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#1A2BA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6CE4Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBD560no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#F5C6BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.2 Gold · ΔE 27.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.7 Yellow green · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5A6BE5

Analogous#E58F5A, #B1E55A

Triadic#5AE5D4, #D45AE5

Split complementary#5AB0E5, #8E5AE5

Tetradic#5AE58F, #5A6BE5, #E55AB1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF6DE

Lighter +20%#F3EBB2

Lighter +10%#ECDF86

Darker −10%#DEC92E

Darker −20%#BBA81E

Darker −30%#8F8117

Darker −40%#635910

More saturated +25%#FDE642

Less saturated −25%#CDC272

Channel breakdown

R229

G212

B90

Red229 (89.8%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue52.66°

Saturation (HSL)72.77%

Lightness62.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G D4 · B 5A

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