Recognised as Colour

#E9D06B

#E9D06B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E9D06B is a yellow with RGB values 233, 208, 107 and HSL 48°, 74%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E9D06B#E9D06B

HEX#E9D06B

RGBrgb(233, 208, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8157, 0.4196

RGB percentages91.4%, 81.6%, 42%

HSLhsl(48.1, 74.1%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.1, 54.1%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 10.7%, 54.1%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,323,243

CSS custom property--colour: #E9D06B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63497WCAG 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 13.7:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#162F94

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2CC62no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8D46Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F9C3B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 24 Burlywood · ΔE 26 Navajo white · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6B84E9

Analogous#E9916B, #C3E96B

Triadic#6BE9D0, #D06BE9

Split complementary#6BC3E9, #916BE9

Tetradic#6BE991, #6B84E9, #E96BC3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFAF0

Lighter +20%#F6ECC4

Lighter +10%#F0DE97

Darker −10%#E2C23F

Darker −20%#CFAC1F

Darker −30%#A38718

Darker −40%#766212

More saturated +25%#FEDD56

Less saturated −25%#D4C380

Channel breakdown

R233

G208

B107

Red233 (91.4%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue48.1°

Saturation (HSL)74.12%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G D0 · B 6B

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