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Recognised as Colour

#E9DD68

  • #E9DD68
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E9DD68 is a yellow with RGB values 233, 221, 104 and HSL 54°, 75%, 66%. 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

#E9DD68#E9DD68
HEX#E9DD68
RGBrgb(233, 221, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8667, 0.4078
RGB percentages91.4%, 86.7%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(54.4, 74.6%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54.4, 55.4%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 5.2%, 55.4%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,326,568
CSS custom property--colour: #E9DD68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70036WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.01:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#162297

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EED65Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#F2DD6Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F8D0C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.4 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 text15.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13.4Dark khaki · ΔE 23.1Goldenrod · ΔE 27.2Pale goldenrod · ΔE 27.4Gold · ΔE 30.5Yellow green · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6874E9
Analogous#E99D68, #B4E968
Triadic#68E9DD, #DD68E9
Split complementary#68B4E9, #9D68E9
Tetradic#68E99D, #6874E9, #E968B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFBEE
Lighter +20%#F6F1C1
Lighter +10%#EFE795
Darker −10%#E3D33B
Darker −20%#CDBD1E
Darker −30%#A19417
Darker −40%#746B11
More saturated +25%#FFEF52
Less saturated −25%#D3CB7E

Channel breakdown

R233
G221
B104
Red233 (91.4%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue54.42°
Saturation (HSL)74.57%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G DD · B 68

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