Recognised as Colour

#E9D474

#E9D474
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E9D474 is a yellow with RGB values 233, 212, 116 and HSL 49°, 73%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#E9D474

RGBrgb(233, 212, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8314, 0.4549

RGB percentages91.4%, 83.1%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(49.2, 72.7%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 50.2%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 9%, 50.2%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,324,276

CSS custom property--colour: #E9D474;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65672WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.13:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#162B8B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5D06Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAD778no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F8C8BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 16 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.9 Navajo white · ΔE 24 Burlywood · ΔE 24.4 Moccasin · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7489E9

Analogous#E99A74, #C3E974

Triadic#74E9D4, #D474E9

Split complementary#74C3E9, #9A74E9

Tetradic#74E999, #7489E9, #E974C3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFDF8

Lighter +20%#F7EFCC

Lighter +10%#F0E2A0

Darker −10%#E2C648

Darker −20%#D5B522

Darker −30%#A9901B

Darker −40%#7D6A14

More saturated +25%#FDE160

Less saturated −25%#D5C788

Channel breakdown

R233

G212

B116

Red233 (91.4%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue49.23°

Saturation (HSL)72.67%

Lightness68.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G D4 · B 74

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