Colour

#E5D58B

#E5D58B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E5D58B is a yellow with RGB values 229, 213, 139 and HSL 49°, 63%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E5D58B#E5D58B

HEX#E5D58B

RGBrgb(229, 213, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8353, 0.5451

RGB percentages89.8%, 83.5%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(49.3, 63.4%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 39.3%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 7%, 39.3%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,062,411

CSS custom property--colour: #E5D58B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.22:1

Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#1A2A74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3D186no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7D78Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F2CBC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.3 Navajo white · ΔE 14.8 Moccasin · ΔE 15.7 Wheat · ΔE 16.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.29, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B9BE5

Analogous#E5A88B, #C8E58B

Triadic#8BE5D5, #D58BE5

Split complementary#8BC8E5, #A88BE5

Tetradic#8BE5A8, #8B9BE5, #E58BC8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F3DE

Lighter +10%#EEE4B5

Darker −10%#DCC661

Darker −20%#D2B738

Darker −30%#B09727

Darker −40%#86731E

More saturated +25%#F7E079

Less saturated −25%#D3CA9D

Channel breakdown

R229

G213

B139

Red229 (89.8%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue49.33°

Saturation (HSL)63.38%

Lightness72.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G D5 · B 8B

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