Recognised as Colour

#E9E980

#E9E980
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E9E980 is a yellow with RGB values 233, 233, 128 and HSL 60°, 70%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E9E980#E9E980

HEX#E9E980

RGBrgb(233, 233, 128)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.9137, 0.502

RGB percentages91.4%, 91.4%, 50.2%

HSLhsl(60, 70.5%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 45.1%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 45.1%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,329,664

CSS custom property--colour: #E9E980;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7716WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.43:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#16167F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8E177no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E585no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F6DDD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.3 Navajo white · ΔE 29.4 Moccasin · ΔE 29.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.9, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8080E9

Analogous#E9B480, #B4E980

Triadic#80E9E9, #E980E9

Split complementary#80B4E9, #B480E9

Tetradic#80E9B4, #8080E9, #E980B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F8D7

Lighter +10%#F1F1AB

Darker −10%#E1E155

Darker −20%#DADA29

Darker −30%#B1B11F

Darker −40%#868617

More saturated +25%#FCFC6D

Less saturated −25%#D6D693

Channel breakdown

R233

G233

B128

Red233 (91.4%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue128 (50.2%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)70.47%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR E9 · G E9 · B 80

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