Colour

#E5ED91

#E5ED91
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E5ED91 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 237, 145 and HSL 65°, 72%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E5ED91#E5ED91

HEX#E5ED91

RGBrgb(229, 237, 145)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9294, 0.5686

RGB percentages89.8%, 92.9%, 56.9%

HSLhsl(65.2, 71.9%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.2, 38.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK3.4%, 0%, 38.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,068,561

CSS custom property--colour: #E5ED91;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79271WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.85:1

Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#1A126E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE58Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAE795no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F0E3D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 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 text16.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.9 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 24.8 Moccasin · ΔE 25.4 Navajo white · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.38, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9991ED

Analogous#EDC791, #B7ED91

Triadic#91E5ED, #ED91E5

Split complementary#91B7ED, #C791ED

Tetradic#91EDC7, #9991ED, #ED91B7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAFBE9

Lighter +10%#EFF4BD

Darker −10%#DBE665

Darker −20%#D0DF39

Darker −30%#B6C520

Darker −40%#8E9919

More saturated +25%#F2FD81

Less saturated −25%#D8DDA1

Channel breakdown

R229

G237

B145

Red229 (89.8%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue145 (56.9%)

Hue65.22°

Saturation (HSL)71.88%

Lightness74.9%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E5 · G ED · B 91

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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