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Recognised as Colour

#E8D56A

  • #E8D56A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E8D56A is a yellow with RGB values 232, 213, 106 and HSL 51°, 73%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E8D56A#E8D56A
HEX#E8D56A
RGBrgb(232, 213, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8353, 0.4157
RGB percentages91%, 83.5%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(51, 73.3%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51, 54.3%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 8.2%, 54.3%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,258,986
CSS custom property--colour: #E8D56A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65785WCAG 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 14.16:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#172A95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6D060no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ECD76Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F8C8BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.2Dark khaki · ΔE 19.2Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.4Goldenrod · ΔE 25.2Navajo white · ΔE 29Burlywood · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A7DE8
Analogous#E8966A, #BCE86A
Triadic#6AE8D5, #D56AE8
Split complementary#6ABCE8, #966AE8
Tetradic#6AE896, #6A7DE8, #E86ABC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFAEF
Lighter +20%#F6EEC2
Lighter +10%#EFE196
Darker −10%#E1C93E
Darker −20%#CCB220
Darker −30%#A08C19
Darker −40%#746512
More saturated +25%#FEE454
Less saturated −25%#D3C67F

Channel breakdown

R232
G213
B106
Red232 (91%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue50.95°
Saturation (HSL)73.26%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G D5 · B 6A

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