Recognised as Colour

#E9D872

#E9D872
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E9D872 is a yellow with RGB values 233, 216, 114 and HSL 51°, 73%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E9D872#E9D872

HEX#E9D872

RGBrgb(233, 216, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8471, 0.4471

RGB percentages91.4%, 84.7%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(51.4, 73%, 68%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 51.1%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 7.3%, 51.1%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,325,298

CSS custom property--colour: #E9D872;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6765WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.53:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#16278D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D369no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EEDA77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F8CBC0no 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 text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.6 Navajo white · ΔE 26.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.5 Burlywood · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.45, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7283E9

Analogous#E99D72, #BEE972

Triadic#72E9D8, #D872E9

Split complementary#72BFE9, #9D72E9

Tetradic#72E99D, #7283E9, #E972BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFDF6

Lighter +20%#F7F0CA

Lighter +10%#F0E49E

Darker −10%#E2CC46

Darker −20%#D4BA21

Darker −30%#A8941A

Darker −40%#7C6D13

More saturated +25%#FDE75E

Less saturated −25%#D5C986

Channel breakdown

R233

G216

B114

Red233 (91.4%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue51.43°

Saturation (HSL)73.01%

Lightness68.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G D8 · B 72

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