Colour

#E7D587

#E7D587
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E7D587 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 213, 135 and HSL 49°, 67%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E7D587#E7D587

HEX#E7D587

RGBrgb(231, 213, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8353, 0.5294

RGB percentages90.6%, 83.5%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(48.8, 66.7%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 41.6%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 41.6%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,193,479

CSS custom property--colour: #E7D587;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66327WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.27:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#182A78

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4D181no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D78Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F5CAC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.6 Navajo white · ΔE 16.2 Moccasin · ΔE 17.3 Burlywood · ΔE 17.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.07, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8799E7

Analogous#E7A587, #C9E787

Triadic#87E7D5, #D587E7

Split complementary#87C9E7, #A587E7

Tetradic#87E7A5, #8799E7, #E787C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F3DC

Lighter +10%#F0E4B2

Darker −10%#DFC65D

Darker −20%#D6B732

Darker −30%#B29724

Darker −40%#87731B

More saturated +25%#F9E075

Less saturated −25%#D5CA99

Channel breakdown

R231

G213

B135

Red231 (90.6%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue48.75°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G D5 · B 87

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