Recognised as Colour

#E5D88C

#E5D88C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E5D88C is a yellow with RGB values 229, 216, 140 and HSL 51°, 63%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E5D88C#E5D88C

HEX#E5D88C

RGBrgb(229, 216, 140)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8471, 0.549

RGB percentages89.8%, 84.7%, 54.9%

HSLhsl(51.2, 63.1%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 38.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 5.7%, 38.9%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,063,180

CSS custom property--colour: #E5D88C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67663WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.53:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#1A2773

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6D486no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAD98Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#F2CEC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.7 Navajo white · ΔE 15.8 Moccasin · ΔE 16.5 Wheat · ΔE 17.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.91, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8C99E5

Analogous#E5AB8C, #C6E58C

Triadic#8CE5D8, #D88CE5

Split complementary#8CC5E5, #AC8CE5

Tetradic#8CE5AC, #8C99E5, #E58CC5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F4DF

Lighter +10%#EEE6B6

Darker −10%#DCCA62

Darker −20%#D2BC39

Darker −30%#B09C28

Darker −40%#87771E

More saturated +25%#F7E47A

Less saturated −25%#D3CC9E

Channel breakdown

R229

G216

B140

Red229 (89.8%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue140 (54.9%)

Hue51.24°

Saturation (HSL)63.12%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G D8 · B 8C

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