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Recognised as Colour

#E7DE72

  • #E7DE72
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E7DE72 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 222, 114 and HSL 55°, 71%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E7DE72#E7DE72
HEX#E7DE72
RGBrgb(231, 222, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8706, 0.4471
RGB percentages90.6%, 87.1%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(55.4, 70.9%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.4, 50.6%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 3.9%, 50.6%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,195,762
CSS custom property--colour: #E7DE72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.09:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#18218D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EED768no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#F2DD77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F5D2C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.3Dark khaki · ΔE 20Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.2Goldenrod · ΔE 29.7Navajo white · ΔE 29.7Moccasin · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#727BE7
Analogous#E7A372, #B6E772
Triadic#72E7DE, #DE72E7
Split complementary#72B6E7, #A372E7
Tetradic#72E7A3, #727BE7, #E772B6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFDF5
Lighter +20%#F6F2C9
Lighter +10%#EEE89E
Darker −10%#E0D446
Darker −20%#D0C223
Darker −30%#A49A1C
Darker −40%#787115
More saturated +25%#FCEF5D
Less saturated −25%#D2CD87

Channel breakdown

R231
G222
B114
Red231 (90.6%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue55.38°
Saturation (HSL)70.91%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G DE · B 72

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