Recognised as Colour

#E7DC6E

#E7DC6E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E7DC6E is a yellow with RGB values 231, 220, 110 and HSL 55°, 72%, 67%. 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

#E7DC6E#E7DC6E

HEX#E7DC6E

RGBrgb(231, 220, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8627, 0.4314

RGB percentages90.6%, 86.3%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(54.5, 71.6%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.5, 52.4%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 4.8%, 52.4%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,195,246

CSS custom property--colour: #E7DC6E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69301WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.86:1

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

Contrast with black14.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#182391

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDD664no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DC73no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F6CFC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49 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 text14.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.4 Navajo white · ΔE 30.5 Moccasin · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6E79E7

Analogous#E7A06E, #B5E76E

Triadic#6EE7DC, #DC6EE7

Split complementary#6EB6E7, #9F6EE7

Tetradic#6EE7A0, #6E79E7, #E76EB6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFCF1

Lighter +20%#F5F1C6

Lighter +10%#EEE79A

Darker −10%#E0D142

Darker −20%#CDBE22

Darker −30%#A1951B

Darker −40%#766D13

More saturated +25%#FCED59

Less saturated −25%#D2CB83

Channel breakdown

R231

G220

B110

Red231 (90.6%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue54.55°

Saturation (HSL)71.6%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G DC · B 6E

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