Recognised as Colour

#E8D68C

#E8D68C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E8D68C is a yellow with RGB values 232, 214, 140 and HSL 48°, 67%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E8D68C#E8D68C

HEX#E8D68C

RGBrgb(232, 214, 140)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8392, 0.549

RGB percentages91%, 83.9%, 54.9%

HSLhsl(48.3, 66.7%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 39.7%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 39.7%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,259,276

CSS custom property--colour: #E8D68C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67142WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.43:1

Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#172973

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4D287no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D98Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F5CCC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.1 Navajo white · ΔE 14.3 Moccasin · ΔE 15.3 Wheat · ΔE 16.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.24, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8C9EE8

Analogous#E8A88C, #CCE88C

Triadic#8CE8D6, #D68CE8

Split complementary#8CCCE8, #A88CE8

Tetradic#8CE8A8, #8C9EE8, #E88CCC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F4E1

Lighter +10%#F1E5B7

Darker −10%#E0C762

Darker −20%#D7B837

Darker −30%#B79A25

Darker −40%#8C761C

More saturated +25%#F9E17B

Less saturated −25%#D7CB9D

Channel breakdown

R232

G214

B140

Red232 (91%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue140 (54.9%)

Hue48.26°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G D6 · B 8C

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Colour values

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