Colour

#E7DB8B

#E7DB8B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E7DB8B is a yellow with RGB values 231, 219, 139 and HSL 52°, 66%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E7DB8B#E7DB8B

HEX#E7DB8B

RGBrgb(231, 219, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8588, 0.5451

RGB percentages90.6%, 85.9%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(52.2, 65.7%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 39.8%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 5.2%, 39.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,195,019

CSS custom property--colour: #E7DB8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.9:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#182474

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D685no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDDC8Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F4D1C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.6 Navajo white · ΔE 17.4 Moccasin · ΔE 18 Wheat · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.82, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B97E7

Analogous#E7AD8B, #C5E78B

Triadic#8BE7DB, #DB8BE7

Split complementary#8BC5E7, #AD8BE7

Tetradic#8BE7AD, #8B97E7, #E78BC5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F5E0

Lighter +10%#F0E8B5

Darker −10%#DECE61

Darker −20%#D6C136

Darker −30%#B4A125

Darker −40%#8A7B1C

More saturated +25%#F9E87A

Less saturated −25%#D6CE9D

Channel breakdown

R231

G219

B139

Red231 (90.6%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue52.17°

Saturation (HSL)65.71%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G DB · B 8B

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