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Recognised as Colour

#E8D973

  • #E8D973
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E8D973 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 217, 115 and HSL 52°, 72%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E8D973#E8D973
HEX#E8D973
RGBrgb(232, 217, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.851, 0.451
RGB percentages91%, 85.1%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(52.3, 71.8%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 50.4%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 6.5%, 50.4%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,260,019
CSS custom property--colour: #E8D973;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68019WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.6:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#17268C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9D46Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#EEDA78no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F7CDC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8Dark khaki · ΔE 17.7Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.3Navajo white · ΔE 26.8Burlywood · ΔE 27.8Moccasin · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7382E8
Analogous#E89F73, #BCE873
Triadic#73E8D9, #D973E8
Split complementary#73BCE8, #9F73E8
Tetradic#73E89F, #7382E8, #E873BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFDF6
Lighter +20%#F6F1CB
Lighter +10%#EFE59F
Darker −10%#E1CD47
Darker −20%#D2BC23
Darker −30%#A7951B
Darker −40%#7B6E14
More saturated +25%#FCE85F
Less saturated −25%#D4CA87

Channel breakdown

R232
G217
B115
Red232 (91%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue52.31°
Saturation (HSL)71.78%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G D9 · B 73

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