Recognised as Colour

#E7E278

#E7E278
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E7E278 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 226, 120 and HSL 57°, 70%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E7E278#E7E278

HEX#E7E278

RGBrgb(231, 226, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8863, 0.4706

RGB percentages90.6%, 88.6%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(57.3, 69.8%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.3, 48.1%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 2.2%, 48.1%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,196,792

CSS custom property--colour: #E7E278;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.55:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#181D87

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1DB6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4E07Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F5D6C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 20 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.8 Navajo white · ΔE 29.2 Moccasin · ΔE 29.8 Wheat · ΔE 31.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.07, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#787DE7

Analogous#E7AB78, #B5E778

Triadic#78E7E2, #E278E7

Split complementary#78B4E7, #AB78E7

Tetradic#78E7AB, #787DE7, #E778B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFA

Lighter +20%#F6F5CF

Lighter +10%#EFEBA3

Darker −10%#DFD94D

Darker −20%#D3CC26

Darker −30%#A8A21E

Darker −40%#7D7816

More saturated +25%#FBF464

Less saturated −25%#D3D08C

Channel breakdown

R231

G226

B120

Red231 (90.6%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue57.3°

Saturation (HSL)69.81%

Lightness68.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G E2 · B 78

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