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Recognised as Colour

#E9D686

  • #E9D686
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E9D686 is a yellow with RGB values 233, 214, 134 and HSL 48°, 69%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E9D686#E9D686
HEX#E9D686
RGBrgb(233, 214, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8392, 0.5255
RGB percentages91.4%, 83.9%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(48.5, 69.2%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 42.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 8.2%, 42.5%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,324,806
CSS custom property--colour: #E9D686;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.43:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#162979

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5D280no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#EAD989no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F7CBC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.6Dark khaki · ΔE 13.2Navajo white · ΔE 16.8Moccasin · ΔE 17.9Burlywood · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8699E9
Analogous#E9A586, #CAE986
Triadic#86E9D6, #D686E9
Split complementary#86CAE9, #A486E9
Tetradic#86E9A5, #8699E9, #E986CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F3DC
Lighter +10%#F1E5B1
Darker −10%#E1C75B
Darker −20%#D9B930
Darker −30%#B59921
Darker −40%#8A7419
More saturated +25%#FBE174
Less saturated −25%#D7CB98

Channel breakdown

R233
G214
B134
Red233 (91.4%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue48.48°
Saturation (HSL)69.23%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G D6 · B 86

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