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Colour

#E8DB8A

  • #E8DB8A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E8DB8A is a yellow with RGB values 232, 219, 138 and HSL 52°, 67%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E8DB8A#E8DB8A
HEX#E8DB8A
RGBrgb(232, 219, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8588, 0.5412
RGB percentages91%, 85.9%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(51.7, 67.1%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 40.5%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 5.6%, 40.5%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,260,554
CSS custom property--colour: #E8DB8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69654WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.93:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#172475

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9D684no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#EDDC8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#F5D0C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.5Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.3Dark khaki · ΔE 13.8Navajo white · ΔE 17.6Moccasin · ΔE 18.3Wheat · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A97E8
Analogous#E8AC8A, #C6E88A
Triadic#8AE8DB, #DB8AE8
Split complementary#8AC6E8, #AC8AE8
Tetradic#8AE8AC, #8A97E8, #E88AC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F5DF
Lighter +10%#F0E8B5
Darker −10%#E0CE5F
Darker −20%#D7C135
Darker −30%#B5A124
Darker −40%#8B7B1B
More saturated +25%#FAE879
Less saturated −25%#D6CE9B

Channel breakdown

R232
G219
B138
Red232 (91%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue51.7°
Saturation (HSL)67.14%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G DB · B 8A

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