Colour

#E5D570

#E5D570
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E5D570 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 213, 112 and HSL 52°, 69%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#E5D570

RGBrgb(229, 213, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8353, 0.4392

RGB percentages89.8%, 83.5%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(51.8, 69.2%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 51.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 7%, 51.1%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,062,384

CSS custom property--colour: #E5D570;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.08:1

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

Contrast with black14.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#1A2A8F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5D067no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAD675no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F4C9BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.4 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 text14.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.4 Navajo white · ΔE 26.6 Burlywood · ΔE 27 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.69, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7080E5

Analogous#E59B70, #BAE570

Triadic#70E5D5, #D570E5

Split complementary#70BAE5, #9B70E5

Tetradic#70E59B, #7080E5, #E570BA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFBF1

Lighter +20%#F5EEC6

Lighter +10%#EDE29B

Darker −10%#DDC845

Darker −20%#CAB425

Darker −30%#9F8D1D

Darker −40%#746715

More saturated +25%#FAE45B

Less saturated −25%#D0C685

Channel breakdown

R229

G213

B112

Red229 (89.8%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue51.79°

Saturation (HSL)69.23%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G D5 · B 70

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Colour values

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