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Recognised as Colour

#E1E5BF

  • #E1E5BF
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light goldenrod yellow

#E1E5BF is a yellow with RGB values 225, 229, 191 and HSL 66°, 42%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light goldenrod yellow.

Colour values

#E1E5BF#E1E5BF
HEX#E1E5BF
RGBrgb(225, 229, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.898, 0.749
RGB percentages88.2%, 89.8%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(66.3, 42.2%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(66.3, 16.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK1.7%, 0%, 16.6%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,804,415
CSS custom property--colour: #E1E5BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75808WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.16:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#1E1A40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBE1BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#EBE2C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#E6E0DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.8Lemon chiffon · ΔE 9.2Beige · ΔE 9.3Cornsilk · ΔE 10.2Light yellow · ΔE 10.4Blanched almond · ΔE 10.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight goldenrod yellow (#FAFAD2)ΔE 7.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C3BFE5
Analogous#E5D6BF, #CEE5BF
Triadic#BFE1E5, #E5BFE1
Split complementary#BFCEE5, #D6BFE5
Tetradic#BFE5D6, #C3BFE5, #E5BFCE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2F4E3
Darker −10%#D0D69B
Darker −20%#BFC876
Darker −30%#AEB952
Darker −40%#909A3E
More saturated +25%#EAF0B4
Less saturated −25%#D8DACA

Channel breakdown

R225
G229
B191
Red225 (88.2%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue66.32°
Saturation (HSL)42.22%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR E1 · G E5 · B BF

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