Colour

#E9D98B

#E9D98B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E9D98B is a yellow with RGB values 233, 217, 139 and HSL 50°, 68%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E9D98B#E9D98B

HEX#E9D98B

RGBrgb(233, 217, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.851, 0.5451

RGB percentages91.4%, 85.1%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(49.8, 68.1%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 40.3%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 6.9%, 40.3%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,325,579

CSS custom property--colour: #E9D98B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68813WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.76:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#162674

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7D585no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECDB8Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#F6CEC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.5 Navajo white · ΔE 16 Moccasin · ΔE 16.9 Wheat · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.09, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B9BE9

Analogous#E9AA8B, #CAE98B

Triadic#8BE9D9, #D98BE9

Split complementary#8BCAE9, #AA8BE9

Tetradic#8BE9AA, #8B9BE9, #E98BCA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F5E1

Lighter +10%#F1E7B6

Darker −10%#E1CB60

Darker −20%#D9BD35

Darker −30%#B89F23

Darker −40%#8D7A1B

More saturated +25%#FAE47A

Less saturated −25%#D8CE9C

Channel breakdown

R233

G217

B139

Red233 (91.4%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue49.79°

Saturation (HSL)68.12%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G D9 · B 8B

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Colour values

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