Colour

#E2D49D

#E2D49D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E2D49D is a yellow with RGB values 226, 212, 157 and HSL 48°, 54%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E2D49D#E2D49D

HEX#E2D49D

RGBrgb(226, 212, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8314, 0.6157

RGB percentages88.6%, 83.1%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(47.8, 54.3%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.8, 30.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 6.2%, 30.5%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,865,565

CSS custom property--colour: #E2D49D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6569WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.14:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#1D2B62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFD199no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3D69Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EDCCC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.7 Wheat · ΔE 8.3 Moccasin · ΔE 9.4 Navajo white · ΔE 9.5 Burlywood · ΔE 13.1 Tan · ΔE 13.7

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.7, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9DABE2

Analogous#E2B29D, #CDE29D

Triadic#9DE2D4, #D49DE2

Split complementary#9DCEE2, #B29DE2

Tetradic#9DE2B2, #9DABE2, #E29DCE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F7EC

Lighter +10%#EEE5C4

Darker −10%#D6C376

Darker −20%#CBB14E

Darker −30%#B19835

Darker −40%#8A7629

More saturated +25%#F2DD8D

Less saturated −25%#D2CBAD

Channel breakdown

R226

G212

B157

Red226 (88.6%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue47.83°

Saturation (HSL)54.33%

Lightness75.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G D4 · B 9D

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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