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Recognised as Colour

#E5EC98

  • #E5EC98
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E5EC98 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 236, 152 and HSL 65°, 69%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E5EC98#E5EC98
HEX#E5EC98
RGBrgb(229, 236, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9255, 0.5961
RGB percentages89.8%, 92.5%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(65, 68.9%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65, 35.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK3%, 0%, 35.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,068,312
CSS custom property--colour: #E5EC98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78916WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.78:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#1A1367

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F8E592no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#F8E79Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#EFE3D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.8Dark khaki · ΔE 18.9Lemon chiffon · ΔE 21.1Moccasin · ΔE 22.1Navajo white · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F98EC
Analogous#ECC998, #BBEC98
Triadic#98E5EC, #EC98E5
Split complementary#98BBEC, #C998EC
Tetradic#98ECC9, #9F98EC, #EC98BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFCEE
Lighter +10%#F0F4C3
Darker −10%#DAE46D
Darker −20%#CFDC42
Darker −30%#B9C625
Darker −40%#919B1D
More saturated +25%#F2FB89
Less saturated −25%#D8DDA7

Channel breakdown

R229
G236
B152
Red229 (89.8%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue65°
Saturation (HSL)68.85%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR E5 · G EC · B 98

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