Colour

#E5D96C

#E5D96C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E5D96C is a yellow with RGB values 229, 217, 108 and HSL 54°, 70%, 66%. 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

#E5D96C#E5D96C

HEX#E5D96C

RGBrgb(229, 217, 108)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.851, 0.4235

RGB percentages89.8%, 85.1%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(54, 69.9%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54, 52.8%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 5.2%, 52.8%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,063,404

CSS custom property--colour: #E5D96C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.47:1

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

Contrast with black14.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#1A2693

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAD362no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDD971no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F4CCC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.5 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 text14.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.6 Navajo white · ΔE 30.2 Burlywood · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6C78E5

Analogous#E59C6C, #B5E56C

Triadic#6CE5D9, #D96CE5

Split complementary#6CB4E5, #9D6CE5

Tetradic#6CE59C, #6C78E5, #E56CB4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFBEE

Lighter +20%#F4EFC3

Lighter +10%#EDE497

Darker −10%#DDCE41

Darker −20%#C8B723

Darker −30%#9C901C

Darker −40%#716814

More saturated +25%#FBEA56

Less saturated −25%#CFC882

Channel breakdown

R229

G217

B108

Red229 (89.8%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue54.05°

Saturation (HSL)69.94%

Lightness66.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G D9 · B 6C

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