Colour

#E8D265

#E8D265
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E8D265 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 210, 101 and HSL 50°, 74%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E8D265#E8D265

HEX#E8D265

RGBrgb(232, 210, 101)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8235, 0.3961

RGB percentages91%, 82.4%, 39.6%

HSLhsl(49.9, 74%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 56.5%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 9.5%, 56.5%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,258,213

CSS custom property--colour: #E8D265;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64189WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.84:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#172D9A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4CD5Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAD56Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F8C5BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13 Dark khaki · ΔE 20 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.9 Burlywood · ΔE 29.6 Navajo white · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#657BE8

Analogous#E89165, #BCE865

Triadic#65E8D2, #D265E8

Split complementary#65BCE8, #9165E8

Tetradic#65E891, #657BE8, #E865BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF9EA

Lighter +20%#F5ECBE

Lighter +10%#EFDF91

Darker −10%#E1C539

Darker −20%#C9AC1E

Darker −30%#9D8617

Darker −40%#706011

More saturated +25%#FEE14F

Less saturated −25%#D2C37B

Channel breakdown

R232

G210

B101

Red232 (91%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue101 (39.6%)

Hue49.92°

Saturation (HSL)74.01%

Lightness65.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G D2 · B 65

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