Recognised as Colour

#E0DAB9

#E0DAB9
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E0DAB9 is a yellow with RGB values 224, 218, 185 and HSL 51°, 39%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E0DAB9#E0DAB9

HEX#E0DAB9

RGBrgb(224, 218, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.8549, 0.7255

RGB percentages87.8%, 85.5%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(50.8, 38.6%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 17.4%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 2.7%, 17.4%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,736,057

CSS custom property--colour: #E0DAB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69493WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.9:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#1F2546

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1D8B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3DABAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E7D5D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 8.9 Blanched almond · ΔE 9 Bisque · ΔE 9.6 Papaya whip · ΔE 9.8 Antique white · ΔE 10.3 Beige · ΔE 10.5

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 8.91, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B9BFE0

Analogous#E0C7B9, #D3E0B9

Triadic#B9E0DA, #DAB9E0

Split complementary#B9D3E0, #C6B9E0

Tetradic#B9E0C7, #B9BFE0, #E0B9D3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F0EDDC

Darker −10%#D0C796

Darker −20%#C1B572

Darker −30%#B1A24F

Darker −40%#8E823F

More saturated +25%#EDE3AC

Less saturated −25%#D3D1C6

Channel breakdown

R224

G218

B185

Red224 (87.8%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue50.77°

Saturation (HSL)38.61%

Lightness80.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G DA · B B9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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