Colour

#E8D86B

#E8D86B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E8D86B is a yellow with RGB values 232, 216, 107 and HSL 52°, 73%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E8D86B#E8D86B

HEX#E8D86B

RGBrgb(232, 216, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8471, 0.4196

RGB percentages91%, 84.7%, 42%

HSLhsl(52.3, 73.1%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 53.9%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 6.9%, 53.9%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,259,755

CSS custom property--colour: #E8D86B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67329WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.47:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#172794

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D261no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#EED970no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F7CBBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.3 Navajo white · ΔE 29.9 Burlywood · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6B7BE8

Analogous#E8996B, #BAE86B

Triadic#6BE8D8, #D86BE8

Split complementary#6BBAE8, #996BE8

Tetradic#6BE899, #6B7BE8, #E86BBA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFBEF

Lighter +20%#F6EFC3

Lighter +10%#EFE497

Darker −10%#E1CC3F

Darker −20%#CDB720

Darker −30%#A19019

Darker −40%#756812

More saturated +25%#FDE856

Less saturated −25%#D3C880

Channel breakdown

R232

G216

B107

Red232 (91%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue52.32°

Saturation (HSL)73.1%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G D8 · B 6B

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