Recognised as Colour

#E0E0CB

#E0E0CB
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Beige

#E0E0CB is a yellow with RGB values 224, 224, 203 and HSL 60°, 25%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#E0E0CB#E0E0CB

HEX#E0E0CB

RGBrgb(224, 224, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.8784, 0.7961

RGB percentages87.8%, 87.8%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(60, 25.3%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 9.4%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 9.4%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,737,611

CSS custom property--colour: #E0E0CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.69:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#1F1F34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4DECAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4DFCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#E3DDDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 7.5 Antique white · ΔE 7.5 Papaya whip · ΔE 9.1 Old lace · ΔE 9.2 Linen · ΔE 9.5 Cornsilk · ΔE 9.8

Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 7.51, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CBCBE0

Analogous#E0D5CB, #D5E0CB

Triadic#CBE0E0, #E0CBE0

Split complementary#CBD5E0, #D5CBE0

Tetradic#CBE0D5, #CBCBE0, #E0CBD5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F3F3EB

Darker −10%#CDCDAB

Darker −20%#BABA8B

Darker −30%#A7A76B

Darker −40%#8C8C53

More saturated +25%#EAEAC1

Less saturated −25%#D6D6D5

Channel breakdown

R224

G224

B203

Red224 (87.8%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)25.3%

Lightness83.73%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR E0 · G E0 · B CB

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Colour values

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