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Recognised as Colour

#E9DE7B

  • #E9DE7B
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E9DE7B is a yellow with RGB values 233, 222, 123 and HSL 54°, 71%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E9DE7B#E9DE7B
HEX#E9DE7B
RGBrgb(233, 222, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8706, 0.4824
RGB percentages91.4%, 87.1%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(54, 71.4%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54, 47.2%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 4.7%, 47.2%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,326,843
CSS custom property--colour: #E9DE7B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70996WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.2:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#162184

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EED873no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#F1DE7Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F7D2C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.4Dark khaki · ΔE 17.5Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.1Navajo white · ΔE 25.6Moccasin · ΔE 26.4Burlywood · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7B86E9
Analogous#E9A77B, #BDE97B
Triadic#7BE9DE, #DE7BE9
Split complementary#7BBDE9, #A77BE9
Tetradic#7BE9A7, #7B86E9, #E97BBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFE
Lighter +20%#F8F4D2
Lighter +10%#F0E9A7
Darker −10%#E2D34F
Darker −20%#DAC824
Darker −30%#AE9F1D
Darker −40%#827716
More saturated +25%#FCED68
Less saturated −25%#D6CF8E

Channel breakdown

R233
G222
B123
Red233 (91.4%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue54°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G DE · B 7B

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