Recognised as Colour

#E7D68B

#E7D68B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E7D68B is a yellow with RGB values 231, 214, 139 and HSL 49°, 66%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E7D68B#E7D68B

HEX#E7D68B

RGBrgb(231, 214, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8392, 0.5451

RGB percentages90.6%, 83.9%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(48.9, 65.7%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 39.8%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 7.4%, 39.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,193,739

CSS custom property--colour: #E7D68B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66946WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.39:1

Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#182974

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4D285no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D88Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F4CCC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.8 Navajo white · ΔE 14.9 Moccasin · ΔE 15.9 Wheat · ΔE 16.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.79, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B9CE7

Analogous#E7A88B, #CAE78B

Triadic#8BE7D6, #D68BE7

Split complementary#8BCAE7, #A88BE7

Tetradic#8BE7A8, #8B9CE7, #E78BCA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F4E0

Lighter +10%#F0E5B5

Darker −10%#DEC761

Darker −20%#D6B836

Darker −30%#B49925

Darker −40%#8A751C

More saturated +25%#F9E17A

Less saturated −25%#D6CB9D

Channel breakdown

R231

G214

B139

Red231 (90.6%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue48.91°

Saturation (HSL)65.71%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G D6 · B 8B

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