Recognised as Colour

#E7DF5C

#E7DF5C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E7DF5C is a yellow with RGB values 231, 223, 92 and HSL 57°, 74%, 63%. 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

#E7DF5C#E7DF5C

HEX#E7DF5C

RGBrgb(231, 223, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8745, 0.3608

RGB percentages90.6%, 87.5%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(56.5, 74.3%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.5, 60.2%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 3.5%, 60.2%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,195,996

CSS custom property--colour: #E7DF5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.11:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#1820A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1D74Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4DD63no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F7D1C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57 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 text15.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 19.1 Gold · ΔE 26.3 Yellow green · ΔE 27.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 19.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5C64E7

Analogous#E7995C, #AAE75C

Triadic#5CE7DF, #DF5CE7

Split complementary#5CAAE7, #995CE7

Tetradic#5CE799, #5C64E7, #E75CAA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBF9E1

Lighter +20%#F4F0B5

Lighter +10%#EEE888

Darker −10%#E0D630

Darker −20%#C1B71C

Darker −30%#948D16

Darker −40%#68630F

More saturated +25%#FEF445

Less saturated −25%#D0CA73

Channel breakdown

R231

G223

B92

Red231 (90.6%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue56.55°

Saturation (HSL)74.33%

Lightness63.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G DF · B 5C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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