Colour

#E7D166

#E7D166
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E7D166 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 209, 102 and HSL 50°, 73%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#E7D166

RGBrgb(231, 209, 102)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8196, 0.4

RGB percentages90.6%, 82%, 40%

HSLhsl(49.8, 72.9%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 55.8%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.5%, 55.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,192,422

CSS custom property--colour: #E7D166;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.71:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#182E99

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3CC5Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D46Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F7C4B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.2 Burlywood · ΔE 28.7 Navajo white · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#667CE7

Analogous#E79166, #BDE766

Triadic#66E7D1, #D166E7

Split complementary#66BCE7, #9166E7

Tetradic#66E791, #667CE7, #E766BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF9EA

Lighter +20%#F5ECBE

Lighter +10%#EEDE92

Darker −10%#E0C43A

Darker −20%#C8AB1F

Darker −30%#9C8518

Darker −40%#705F11

More saturated +25%#FDE050

Less saturated −25%#D1C27C

Channel breakdown

R231

G209

B102

Red231 (90.6%)

Green209 (82%)

Blue102 (40%)

Hue49.77°

Saturation (HSL)72.88%

Lightness65.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G D1 · B 66

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