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Recognised as Colour

#E9DB8A

  • #E9DB8A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E9DB8A is a yellow with RGB values 233, 219, 138 and HSL 51°, 68%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E9DB8A#E9DB8A
HEX#E9DB8A
RGBrgb(233, 219, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8588, 0.5412
RGB percentages91.4%, 85.9%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(51.2, 68.3%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 40.8%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 6%, 40.8%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,326,090
CSS custom property--colour: #E9DB8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.96:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#162475

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9D684no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#EEDC8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#F6D0C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.5Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.4Dark khaki · ΔE 13.9Navajo white · ΔE 17.5Moccasin · ΔE 18.2Wheat · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A98E9
Analogous#E9AB8A, #C8E98A
Triadic#8AE9DB, #DB8AE9
Split complementary#8AC8E9, #AB8AE9
Tetradic#8AE9AB, #8A98E9, #E98AC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F5E0
Lighter +10%#F1E8B5
Darker −10%#E1CE5F
Darker −20%#D9C134
Darker −30%#B7A223
Darker −40%#8D7C1A
More saturated +25%#FAE779
Less saturated −25%#D8CF9B

Channel breakdown

R233
G219
B138
Red233 (91.4%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue51.16°
Saturation (HSL)68.35%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G DB · B 8A

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