Colour

#E8E296

#E8E296
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E8E296 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 226, 150 and HSL 56°, 64%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E8E296#E8E296

HEX#E8E296

RGBrgb(232, 226, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8863, 0.5882

RGB percentages91%, 88.6%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(55.6, 64.1%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.6, 35.3%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 2.6%, 35.3%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,262,358

CSS custom property--colour: #E8E296;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.75:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#171D69

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFDD91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1E199no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F3D8CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.5 Moccasin · ΔE 16.5 Navajo white · ΔE 16.7 Wheat · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.21, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#969CE8

Analogous#E8B996, #C5E896

Triadic#96E8E2, #E296E8

Split complementary#96C5E8, #B996E8

Tetradic#96E8B9, #969CE8, #E896C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF9EA

Lighter +10%#F1EEC0

Darker −10%#DFD66C

Darker −20%#D6CB42

Darker −30%#BCB129

Darker −40%#928A20

More saturated +25%#F8F086

Less saturated −25%#D8D4A6

Channel breakdown

R232

G226

B150

Red232 (91%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue55.61°

Saturation (HSL)64.06%

Lightness74.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G E2 · B 96

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