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Recognised as Colour

#E7E787

  • #E7E787
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E7E787 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 231, 135 and HSL 60°, 67%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E7E787#E7E787
HEX#E7E787
RGBrgb(231, 231, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.9059, 0.5294
RGB percentages90.6%, 90.6%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(60, 66.7%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(60, 41.6%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 0%, 41.6%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,198,087
CSS custom property--colour: #E7E787;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7589WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.18:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#181878

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F5E07Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#F7E48Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F3DCD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.9Dark khaki · ΔE 18.6Navajo white · ΔE 25.7Moccasin · ΔE 25.9Lemon chiffon · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.83, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8787E7
Analogous#E7B787, #B7E787
Triadic#87E7E7, #E787E7
Split complementary#87B7E7, #B787E7
Tetradic#87E7B7, #8787E7, #E787B7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F8DC
Lighter +10%#F0F0B2
Darker −10%#DFDF5D
Darker −20%#D6D632
Darker −30%#B2B224
Darker −40%#87871B
More saturated +25%#F9F975
Less saturated −25%#D5D599

Channel breakdown

R231
G231
B135
Red231 (90.6%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue60°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelRed and Green
Hex per channelR E7 · G E7 · B 87

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