Recognised as Colour

#E5DF8C

#E5DF8C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E5DF8C is a yellow with RGB values 229, 223, 140 and HSL 56°, 63%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#E5DF8C

RGBrgb(229, 223, 140)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8745, 0.549

RGB percentages89.8%, 87.5%, 54.9%

HSLhsl(56, 63.1%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56, 38.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 2.6%, 38.9%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,064,972

CSS custom property--colour: #E5DF8C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71327WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.27:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#1A2073

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECD986no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFDE8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F1D5CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.5 Navajo white · ΔE 19.6 Moccasin · ΔE 19.8 Wheat · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.55, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8C92E5

Analogous#E5B38C, #BFE58C

Triadic#8CE5DF, #DF8CE5

Split complementary#8CBFE5, #B38CE5

Tetradic#8CE5B3, #8C92E5, #E58CBE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F6DF

Lighter +10%#EEEBB6

Darker −10%#DCD362

Darker −20%#D2C839

Darker −30%#B0A728

Darker −40%#87801E

More saturated +25%#F7EE7A

Less saturated −25%#D3D09E

Channel breakdown

R229

G223

B140

Red229 (89.8%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue140 (54.9%)

Hue55.96°

Saturation (HSL)63.12%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G DF · B 8C

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