Recognised as Colour

#E5EE85

#E5EE85
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E5EE85 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 238, 133 and HSL 65°, 76%, 73%. 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

#E5EE85#E5EE85

HEX#E5EE85

RGBrgb(229, 238, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9333, 0.5216

RGB percentages89.8%, 93.3%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(65.1, 75.5%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.1, 44.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK3.8%, 0%, 44.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,068,805

CSS custom property--colour: #E5EE85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79501WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.9:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#1A117A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCE57Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE88Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F1E3D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.7 Yellow green · ΔE 30.2 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 30.7 Moccasin · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8E85EE

Analogous#EEC385, #B1EE85

Triadic#85E5EE, #EE85E5

Split complementary#85B1EE, #C385EE

Tetradic#85EEC2, #8E85EE, #EE85B1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8FADF

Lighter +10%#EFF4B2

Darker −10%#DBE858

Darker −20%#D2E22B

Darker −30%#B1BF1B

Darker −40%#889314

More saturated +25%#F3FF74

Less saturated −25%#D7DD96

Channel breakdown

R229

G238

B133

Red229 (89.8%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue65.14°

Saturation (HSL)75.54%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E5 · G EE · B 85

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