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Recognised as Colour

#E0E4BC

  • #E0E4BC
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light goldenrod yellow

#E0E4BC is a yellow with RGB values 224, 228, 188 and HSL 66°, 43%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light goldenrod yellow.

Colour values

#E0E4BC#E0E4BC
HEX#E0E4BC
RGBrgb(224, 228, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.8941, 0.7373
RGB percentages87.8%, 89.4%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(66, 42.6%, 81.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(66, 17.5%, 89.4%)
CMYK1.8%, 0%, 17.5%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,738,620
CSS custom property--colour: #E0E4BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74965WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.99:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#1F1B43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBE0BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#EBE1BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E5DFD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 8.1Lemon chiffon · ΔE 9.2Beige · ΔE 10.4Wheat · ΔE 10.7Cornsilk · ΔE 11Light yellow · ΔE 11.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight goldenrod yellow (#FAFAD2)ΔE 8.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C0BCE4
Analogous#E4D4BC, #CCE4BC
Triadic#BCE0E4, #E4BCE0
Split complementary#BCCCE4, #D4BCE4
Tetradic#BCE4D4, #C0BCE4, #E4BCCC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F1F3E0
Darker −10%#CFD598
Darker −20%#BEC773
Darker −30%#AEB84F
Darker −40%#8E973D
More saturated +25%#E9F0B0
Less saturated −25%#D7D8C8

Channel breakdown

R224
G228
B188
Red224 (87.8%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue66°
Saturation (HSL)42.55%
Lightness81.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR E0 · G E4 · B BC

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