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Recognised as Colour

#E7CD7C

  • #E7CD7C
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E7CD7C is a yellow with RGB values 231, 205, 124 and HSL 45°, 69%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E7CD7C#E7CD7C
HEX#E7CD7C
RGBrgb(231, 205, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8039, 0.4863
RGB percentages90.6%, 80.4%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(45.4, 69%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.4, 46.3%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 11.3%, 46.3%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,191,420
CSS custom property--colour: #E7CD7C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.42:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#183283

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDCA76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4D27Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F6C1B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.6Dark khaki · ΔE 12.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.1Burlywood · ΔE 17Navajo white · ΔE 17.8Moccasin · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7C96E7
Analogous#E7987C, #CBE77C
Triadic#7CE7CD, #CD7CE7
Split complementary#7CCBE7, #977CE7
Tetradic#7CE798, #7C96E7, #E77CCC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFEFD
Lighter +20%#F7EED2
Lighter +10%#EFDDA7
Darker −10%#DFBD51
Darker −20%#D6AB27
Darker −30%#AB891F
Darker −40%#806617
More saturated +25%#FAD769
Less saturated −25%#D4C38F

Channel breakdown

R231
G205
B124
Red231 (90.6%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue45.42°
Saturation (HSL)69.03%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G CD · B 7C

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