Colour

#E7D465

#E7D465
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E7D465 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 212, 101 and HSL 51°, 73%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#E7D465

RGBrgb(231, 212, 101)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8314, 0.3961

RGB percentages90.6%, 83.1%, 39.6%

HSLhsl(51.2, 73%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 56.3%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 8.2%, 56.3%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,193,189

CSS custom property--colour: #E7D465;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65015WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14:1

Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#182B9A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6CF5Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBD66Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F7C7BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.2 Burlywood · ΔE 30.8 Navajo white · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6578E7

Analogous#E79365, #B9E765

Triadic#65E7D4, #D465E7

Split complementary#65B9E7, #9365E7

Tetradic#65E793, #6578E7, #E765B9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF9E9

Lighter +20%#F5EDBD

Lighter +10%#EEE091

Darker −10%#E0C839

Darker −20%#C7AE1F

Darker −30%#9B8818

Darker −40%#6F6111

More saturated +25%#FDE44F

Less saturated −25%#D1C47B

Channel breakdown

R231

G212

B101

Red231 (90.6%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue101 (39.6%)

Hue51.23°

Saturation (HSL)73.03%

Lightness65.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G D4 · B 65

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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