Recognised as Colour

#E9CE7D

#E9CE7D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E9CE7D is a yellow with RGB values 233, 206, 125 and HSL 45°, 71%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E9CE7D#E9CE7D

HEX#E9CE7D

RGBrgb(233, 206, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8078, 0.4902

RGB percentages91.4%, 80.8%, 49%

HSLhsl(45, 71.1%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45, 46.4%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 46.4%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,322,749

CSS custom property--colour: #E9CE7D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62947WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.59:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#163182

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DECB77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5D380no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Tritanopia#F8C2BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.1 Burlywood · ΔE 17.1 Navajo white · ΔE 17.6 Moccasin · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7D98E9

Analogous#E9987D, #CEE97D

Triadic#7DE9CE, #CE7DE9

Split complementary#7DCEE9, #987DE9

Tetradic#7DE998, #7D98E9, #E97DCE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8EFD4

Lighter +10%#F0DEA9

Darker −10%#E2BE51

Darker −20%#DAAD26

Darker −30%#AF8B1E

Darker −40%#846816

More saturated +25%#FCD76A

Less saturated −25%#D6C490

Channel breakdown

R233

G206

B125

Red233 (91.4%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue45°

Saturation (HSL)71.05%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G CE · B 7D

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