HEX Color #E9C55F (Khaki)

About #E9C55F

The precise color #E9C55F is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Its closest recognized web color is Khaki. In the RGB color space, it consists of 233 red, 197 green, and 95 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 15% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 44.3 degrees, it sits comfortably in the orange spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E9C55F

RGB233, 197, 95

HSL44.3°, 75.8%, 64.3%

CMYK0%, 15%, 59%, 9%

HSV44.3°, 59.2%, 91.4%

LAB80.8, 1.1, 54.9

XYZ55.6, 58.1, 19.1

Decimal15320415

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#E9C55F #5E82E9

Analogous

#E97F5E #C8E95E

Triadic

#5EE9C5 #C45EE9

Tetradic

#5EE980 #5E82E9 #E95EC8

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#E9C55F

#EBCB70

#EDD182

#F0D894

#F2DEA6

#F5E5B7

#F7EBC9

#FAF2DB

#FCF8ED

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#E9C55F

#CFAF54

#B59949

#9B833F

#816D34

#67572A

#4D411F

#332B15

#19150A

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.66:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

12.62:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.59:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

10.73:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E9C55F; }

.text-color { color: #E9C55F; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #E9C55F; }

Similar Colors

Khaki

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