#E8EA65 colour

#E8EA65 is a light yellow close to CSS khaki. RGB 232, 234, 101, HSL 61, 76%, 66%. Black text passes AAA (16.39:1), white fails (1.28:1).

#E8EA65

Nearest CSS name: khaki #f0e68c (not an exact match)
Described as: a light yellow
Red, green, blue: 232, 234, 101
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.7694 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#e8ea65`
RGB	`rgb(232, 234, 101)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(91% 91.8% 39.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(60.9, 76%, 65.7%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(60.9, 56.8%, 91.8%)`
HWB	`hwb(60.9 39.6% 8.2%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(1%, 0%, 57%, 8%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(90.66% -13.07 62.59)`
OKLCH	`oklch(91.03% 0.1544 109.91)`
Decimal	`15264357`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 1.28:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 16.39:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	1.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	16.39:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #E8EA65 (16.39:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#eaec73 18%#ecee81 27%#eef08f 36%#f0f29d 45%#f2f4ab 55%#f5f5b9 64%#f7f7c7 73%#f9f9d5 82%#fbfbe3 91%#fdfdf1

9%#d3d55c 18%#bebf53 27%#a9aa49 36%#949540 45%#7f8037 55%#696a2e 64%#545525 73%#3f401c 82%#2a2b12 91%#151509

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#e8ea65 #6765ea

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#eaaa65 #e8ea65 #a6ea65

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#e8ea65 #65e8ea #ea65e8

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#e8ea65 #65a6ea #aa65ea

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#e8ea65 #65eaaa #6765ea #ea65a6

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#e8ea65 Protanopia#fbe157 Deuteranopia#fce56d Tritanopia#f7ddcd Achromatopsia#e3e3e3

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #e8ea65;`
Background	`background-color: #e8ea65;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #e8ea65;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(232 234 101 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #e8ea65;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8ea65, #8b8c3d);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #f1f2a3, #e8ea65);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #e8ea65; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #E8EA65 to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.