Colour

#E9D570

#E9D570
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E9D570 is a yellow with RGB values 233, 213, 112 and HSL 50°, 73%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#E9D570

RGBrgb(233, 213, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8353, 0.4392

RGB percentages91.4%, 83.5%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(50.1, 73.3%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 51.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 51.9%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,324,528

CSS custom property--colour: #E9D570;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66082WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.22:1

Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#162A8F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6D067no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD874no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F9C8BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.8 Navajo white · ΔE 26.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.3 Burlywood · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.27, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7084E9

Analogous#E99870, #C1E970

Triadic#70E9D5, #D570E9

Split complementary#70C1E9, #9870E9

Tetradic#70E998, #7084E9, #E970C1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFCF5

Lighter +20%#F7EFC8

Lighter +10%#F0E29C

Darker −10%#E2C844

Darker −20%#D3B520

Darker −30%#A68F1A

Darker −40%#7A6913

More saturated +25%#FEE35B

Less saturated −25%#D4C785

Channel breakdown

R233

G213

B112

Red233 (91.4%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue50.08°

Saturation (HSL)73.33%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G D5 · B 70

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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