Recognised as Colour

#E9DE8A

#E9DE8A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E9DE8A is a yellow with RGB values 233, 222, 138 and HSL 53°, 68%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E9DE8A#E9DE8A

HEX#E9DE8A

RGBrgb(233, 222, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8706, 0.5412

RGB percentages91.4%, 87.1%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(53.1, 68.3%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.1, 40.8%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 4.7%, 40.8%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,326,858

CSS custom property--colour: #E9DE8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71401WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.28:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#162175

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECD984no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DE8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F6D3C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 3.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.7 Navajo white · ΔE 19.1 Moccasin · ΔE 19.6 Wheat · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 3.78, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A95E9

Analogous#E9AF8A, #C4E98A

Triadic#8AE9DE, #DE8AE9

Split complementary#8AC4E9, #AE8AE9

Tetradic#8AE9AF, #8A95E9, #E98AC4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F6E0

Lighter +10%#F1EAB5

Darker −10%#E1D25F

Darker −20%#D9C634

Darker −30%#B7A623

Darker −40%#8D7F1A

More saturated +25%#FAEB79

Less saturated −25%#D8D19B

Channel breakdown

R233

G222

B138

Red233 (91.4%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue53.05°

Saturation (HSL)68.35%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G DE · B 8A

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