Colour

#E8D479

#E8D479
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E8D479 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 212, 121 and HSL 49°, 71%, 69%. 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

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HEX#E8D479

RGBrgb(232, 212, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8314, 0.4745

RGB percentages91%, 83.1%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(49.2, 70.7%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 47.8%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 47.8%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,258,745

CSS custom property--colour: #E8D479;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65623WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.12:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#172B86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4D071no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAD77Dno 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 41.2 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 text14.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.6 Navajo white · ΔE 21.9 Burlywood · ΔE 22.4 Moccasin · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.24, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#798DE8

Analogous#E89D79, #C5E879

Triadic#79E8D4, #D479E8

Split complementary#79C5E8, #9C79E8

Tetradic#79E89C, #798DE8, #E879C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFC

Lighter +20%#F7F0D0

Lighter +10%#EFE2A5

Darker −10%#E1C64D

Darker −20%#D6B625

Darker −30%#AB911D

Darker −40%#7F6C16

More saturated +25%#FCE165

Less saturated −25%#D4C78D

Channel breakdown

R232

G212

B121

Red232 (91%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue49.19°

Saturation (HSL)70.7%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G D4 · B 79

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