Recognised as Colour
#E1DEAA
- #E1DEAA
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Pale goldenrod
#E1DEAA is a yellow with RGB values 225, 222, 170 and HSL 57°, 48%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.
Colour values
#E1DEAA#E1DEAA
HEX#E1DEAA
RGBrgb(225, 222, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8706, 0.6667
RGB percentages88.2%, 87.1%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(56.7, 47.8%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.7, 24.4%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 1.3%, 24.4%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,802,602
CSS custom property--colour: #E1DEAA;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.71152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.23:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#1E2155
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.23:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#AAADE1
Analogous#E1C3AA, #C8E1AA
Triadic#AAE1DE, #DEAAE1
Split complementary#AAC8E1, #C3AAE1
Tetradic#AAE1C3, #AAADE1, #E1AAC8
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R225
G222
B170
Red225 (88.2%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue56.73°
Saturation (HSL)47.83%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G DE · B AA
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