Colour

#E2D28A

#E2D28A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E2D28A is a yellow with RGB values 226, 210, 138 and HSL 49°, 60%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E2D28A#E2D28A

HEX#E2D28A

RGBrgb(226, 210, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8235, 0.5412

RGB percentages88.6%, 82.4%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(49.1, 60.3%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 38.9%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 38.9%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,865,034

CSS custom property--colour: #E2D28A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.82:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#1D2D75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0CE85no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4D48Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#EFC8C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.2 Khaki · ΔE 10.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 11.5 Navajo white · ΔE 14.4 Moccasin · ΔE 15.4 Burlywood · ΔE 15.6

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 10.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A9AE2

Analogous#E2A68A, #C6E28A

Triadic#8AE2D2, #D28AE2

Split complementary#8AC6E2, #A68AE2

Tetradic#8AE2A6, #8A9AE2, #E28AC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6F1DC

Lighter +10%#ECE2B3

Darker −10%#D8C261

Darker −20%#CEB338

Darker −30%#A9922A

Darker −40%#806F20

More saturated +25%#F4DE78

Less saturated −25%#D0C69C

Channel breakdown

R226

G210

B138

Red226 (88.6%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)60.27%

Lightness71.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G D2 · B 8A

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