Recognised as Colour

#E5E571

#E5E571
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E5E571 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 229, 113 and HSL 60°, 69%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#E5E571

RGBrgb(229, 229, 113)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.898, 0.4431

RGB percentages89.8%, 89.8%, 44.3%

HSLhsl(60, 69%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 50.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 50.7%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,066,481

CSS custom property--colour: #E5E571;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.78:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#1A1A8E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5DD66no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6E177no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F3D9CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.3 Yellow green · ΔE 27.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.6 Navajo white · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7171E5

Analogous#E5AB71, #ABE571

Triadic#71E5E5, #E571E5

Split complementary#71ABE5, #AB71E5

Tetradic#71E5AB, #7171E5, #E571AB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFDF2

Lighter +20%#F5F5C7

Lighter +10%#EDED9C

Darker −10%#DDDD46

Darker −20%#CBCB25

Darker −30%#A0A01D

Darker −40%#757515

More saturated +25%#FAFA5C

Less saturated −25%#D0D086

Channel breakdown

R229

G229

B113

Red229 (89.8%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue113 (44.3%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)69.05%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR E5 · G E5 · B 71

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