Recognised as Colour

#E7DF86

#E7DF86
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E7DF86 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 223, 134 and HSL 55°, 67%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E7DF86#E7DF86

HEX#E7DF86

RGBrgb(231, 223, 134)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8745, 0.5255

RGB percentages90.6%, 87.5%, 52.5%

HSLhsl(55.1, 66.9%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.1, 42%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 3.5%, 42%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,196,038

CSS custom property--colour: #E7DF86;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.3:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#182079

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDD97Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DE8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F4D4C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 2.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.3 Navajo white · ΔE 21.7 Moccasin · ΔE 22.2 Wheat · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 2.72, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#868EE7

Analogous#E7AF86, #BEE786

Triadic#86E7DF, #DF86E7

Split complementary#86BEE7, #AF86E7

Tetradic#86E7AF, #868EE7, #E786BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F6DB

Lighter +10%#EFEAB1

Darker −10%#DFD45B

Darker −20%#D6C831

Darker −30%#B1A523

Darker −40%#867D1B

More saturated +25%#F9EE74

Less saturated −25%#D5D098

Channel breakdown

R231

G223

B134

Red231 (90.6%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue134 (52.5%)

Hue55.05°

Saturation (HSL)66.9%

Lightness71.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G DF · B 86

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