Recognised as Colour

#E1DAB8

#E1DAB8
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E1DAB8 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 218, 184 and HSL 50°, 41%, 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

#E1DAB8#E1DAB8

HEX#E1DAB8

RGBrgb(225, 218, 184)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8549, 0.7216

RGB percentages88.2%, 85.5%, 72.2%

HSLhsl(49.8, 40.6%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 18.2%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 3.1%, 18.2%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,801,592

CSS custom property--colour: #E1DAB8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69611WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.92:1

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

Contrast with black14.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#1E2547

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1D8B6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3DBB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#E8D5D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 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 text14.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 8.3 Blanched almond · ΔE 8.9 Bisque · ΔE 9.3 Papaya whip · ΔE 9.9 Antique white · ΔE 10.5 Beige · ΔE 10.8

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 8.29, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8BFE1

Analogous#E1C6B8, #D4E1B8

Triadic#B8E1DA, #DAB8E1

Split complementary#B8D4E1, #C6B8E1

Tetradic#B8E1C6, #B8BFE1, #E1B8D4

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%#D2C794

Darker −20%#C3B570

Darker −30%#B4A24C

Darker −40%#90823D

More saturated +25%#EEE2AB

Less saturated −25%#D4D2C5

Channel breakdown

R225

G218

B184

Red225 (88.2%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue184 (72.2%)

Hue49.76°

Saturation (HSL)40.59%

Lightness80.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G DA · B B8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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