Recognised as Colour

#E5E65F

#E5E65F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E5E65F is a yellow with RGB values 229, 230, 95 and HSL 60°, 73%, 64%. 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

#E5E65F#E5E65F

HEX#E5E65F

RGBrgb(229, 230, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.902, 0.3725

RGB percentages89.8%, 90.2%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(60.4, 73%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60.4, 58.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK0.4%, 0%, 58.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,066,719

CSS custom property--colour: #E5E65F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74078WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.82:1

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

Contrast with black15.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#1A19A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7DD50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8E267no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F4D9C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.9 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 text15.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20.7 Yellow green · ΔE 24.4 Gold · ΔE 27.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.9 Yellow · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#605FE6

Analogous#E6A45F, #A2E65F

Triadic#5FE5E6, #E65FE5

Split complementary#5FA2E6, #A45FE6

Tetradic#5FE6A3, #605FE6, #E65FA1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBFBE3

Lighter +20%#F3F4B7

Lighter +10%#ECED8B

Darker −10%#DEDF33

Darker −20%#C0C11E

Darker −30%#949517

Darker −40%#686910

More saturated +25%#FCFD48

Less saturated −25%#CECF76

Channel breakdown

R229

G230

B95

Red229 (89.8%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue60.44°

Saturation (HSL)72.97%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E5 · G E6 · B 5F

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