Colour

#E7D26C

#E7D26C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E7D26C is a yellow with RGB values 231, 210, 108 and HSL 50°, 72%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E7D26C#E7D26C

HEX#E7D26C

RGBrgb(231, 210, 108)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8235, 0.4235

RGB percentages90.6%, 82.4%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(49.8, 71.9%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 53.2%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 53.2%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,192,684

CSS custom property--colour: #E7D26C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64165WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.83:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#182D93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3CD63no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D570no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F7C5BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.1 Burlywood · ΔE 26.7 Navajo white · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6C81E7

Analogous#E7946C, #BFE76C

Triadic#6CE7D2, #D26CE7

Split complementary#6CBFE7, #946CE7

Tetradic#6CE794, #6C81E7, #E76CBF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFAF0

Lighter +20%#F5EDC4

Lighter +10%#EEDF98

Darker −10%#E0C540

Darker −20%#CCAF21

Darker −30%#A0891A

Darker −40%#746313

More saturated +25%#FCE057

Less saturated −25%#D2C481

Channel breakdown

R231

G210

B108

Red231 (90.6%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue49.76°

Saturation (HSL)71.93%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G D2 · B 6C

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Colour values

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