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Recognised as Colour

#E8D474

  • #E8D474
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E8D474 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 212, 116 and HSL 50°, 72%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E8D474#E8D474
HEX#E8D474
RGBrgb(232, 212, 116)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8314, 0.4549
RGB percentages91%, 83.1%, 45.5%
HSLhsl(49.7, 71.6%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 50%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 8.6%, 50%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,258,740
CSS custom property--colour: #E8D474;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65504WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.1:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#172B8B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5D06Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#EAD778no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F7C8BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.1Dark khaki · ΔE 15.7Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.8Navajo white · ΔE 24.1Burlywood · ΔE 24.5Moccasin · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7488E8
Analogous#E89A74, #C2E874
Triadic#74E8D4, #D474E8
Split complementary#74C2E8, #9A74E8
Tetradic#74E89A, #7488E8, #E874C2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFDF7
Lighter +20%#F6EFCC
Lighter +10%#EFE2A0
Darker −10%#E1C648
Darker −20%#D3B523
Darker −30%#A78F1C
Darker −40%#7C6A14
More saturated +25%#FCE160
Less saturated −25%#D4C788

Channel breakdown

R232
G212
B116
Red232 (91%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue116 (45.5%)
Hue49.66°
Saturation (HSL)71.6%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G D4 · B 74

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