Recognised as Colour

#E5E389

#E5E389
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E5E389 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 227, 137 and HSL 59°, 64%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#E5E389

RGBrgb(229, 227, 137)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8902, 0.5373

RGB percentages89.8%, 89%, 53.7%

HSLhsl(58.7, 63.9%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.7, 40.2%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 0.9%, 40.2%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,065,993

CSS custom property--colour: #E5E389;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73402WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.68:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#1A1C76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1DC82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2E08Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F1D9CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 3.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.4 Navajo white · ΔE 23 Moccasin · ΔE 23.2 Wheat · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 3.63, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#898BE5

Analogous#E5B589, #B9E589

Triadic#89E5E3, #E389E5

Split complementary#89B9E5, #B589E5

Tetradic#89E5B5, #898BE5, #E589B9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F7DD

Lighter +10%#EEEDB3

Darker −10%#DCD95F

Darker −20%#D3CF35

Darker −30%#AFAC26

Darker −40%#85821D

More saturated +25%#F7F477

Less saturated −25%#D3D29B

Channel breakdown

R229

G227

B137

Red229 (89.8%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue137 (53.7%)

Hue58.7°

Saturation (HSL)63.89%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G E3 · B 89

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