Colour

#E8D97B

#E8D97B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E8D97B is a yellow with RGB values 232, 217, 123 and HSL 52°, 70%, 70%. 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

#E8D97B#E8D97B

HEX#E8D97B

RGBrgb(232, 217, 123)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.851, 0.4824

RGB percentages91%, 85.1%, 48.2%

HSLhsl(51.7, 70.3%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 47%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 6.5%, 47%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,260,027

CSS custom property--colour: #E8D97B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68212WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.64:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#172684

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D473no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDDA7Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F6CDC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.7 Navajo white · ΔE 23.2 Moccasin · ΔE 24.3 Burlywood · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.41, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7B8AE8

Analogous#E8A27B, #C1E87B

Triadic#7BE8D9, #D97BE8

Split complementary#7BC1E8, #A27BE8

Tetradic#7BE8A2, #7B8AE8, #E87BC1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFD

Lighter +20%#F7F2D2

Lighter +10%#F0E6A6

Darker −10%#E0CC50

Darker −20%#D7BF26

Darker −30%#AC981E

Darker −40%#817216

More saturated +25%#FBE768

Less saturated −25%#D5CB8E

Channel breakdown

R232

G217

B123

Red232 (91%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue123 (48.2%)

Hue51.74°

Saturation (HSL)70.32%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G D9 · B 7B

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