Recognised as Colour

#E7DA74

#E7DA74
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E7DA74 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 218, 116 and HSL 53°, 71%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#E7DA74

RGBrgb(231, 218, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8549, 0.4549

RGB percentages90.6%, 85.5%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(53.2, 70.6%, 68%)

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

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 49.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,194,740

CSS custom property--colour: #E7DA74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.68:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#18258B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAD46Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#EEDA79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F6CEC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21 Navajo white · ΔE 26.9 Moccasin · ΔE 28 Burlywood · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.59, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7481E7

Analogous#E7A174, #BBE774

Triadic#74E7DA, #DA74E7

Split complementary#74BBE7, #A074E7

Tetradic#74E7A1, #7481E7, #E774BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFDF6

Lighter +20%#F6F1CB

Lighter +10%#EFE69F

Darker −10%#DFCE49

Darker −20%#D1BD24

Darker −30%#A5961D

Darker −40%#7A6F15

More saturated +25%#FBEA60

Less saturated −25%#D3CA88

Channel breakdown

R231

G218

B116

Red231 (90.6%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue53.22°

Saturation (HSL)70.55%

Lightness68.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G DA · B 74

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