Recognised as Colour

#E8D97F

#E8D97F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E8D97F is a yellow with RGB values 232, 217, 127 and HSL 51°, 70%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E8D97F#E8D97F

HEX#E8D97F

RGBrgb(232, 217, 127)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.851, 0.498

RGB percentages91%, 85.1%, 49.8%

HSLhsl(51.4, 69.5%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 45.3%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 6.5%, 45.3%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,260,031

CSS custom property--colour: #E8D97F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.66:1

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

Contrast with black14.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#172680

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8D478no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDDA83no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F6CEC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 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 text14.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.8 Navajo white · ΔE 21.5 Moccasin · ΔE 22.5 Burlywood · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.78, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7F8EE8

Analogous#E8A57F, #C2E87F

Triadic#7FE8D9, #D97FE8

Split complementary#7FC3E8, #A57FE8

Tetradic#7FE8A4, #7F8EE8, #E87FC2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F3D5

Lighter +10%#F0E6AA

Darker −10%#E0CC54

Darker −20%#D8BF29

Darker −30%#AF9A1F

Darker −40%#837418

More saturated +25%#FBE66C

Less saturated −25%#D5CC92

Channel breakdown

R232

G217

B127

Red232 (91%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue127 (49.8%)

Hue51.43°

Saturation (HSL)69.54%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G D9 · B 7F

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