Recognised as Colour

#E2D59C

#E2D59C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E2D59C is a yellow with RGB values 226, 213, 156 and HSL 49°, 55%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#E2D59C

RGBrgb(226, 213, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8353, 0.6118

RGB percentages88.6%, 83.5%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(48.9, 54.7%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 31%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 5.8%, 31%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,865,820

CSS custom property--colour: #E2D59C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66158WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.23:1

Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#1D2A63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0D298no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4D79Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#EDCDC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7 Wheat · ΔE 9.1 Moccasin · ΔE 9.9 Navajo white · ΔE 10 Burlywood · ΔE 13.7 Tan · ΔE 14.6

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.01, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9CA9E2

Analogous#E2B29C, #CCE29C

Triadic#9CE2D5, #D59CE2

Split complementary#9CCCE2, #B29CE2

Tetradic#9CE2B2, #9CA9E2, #E29CCC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F6EB

Lighter +10%#EEE6C3

Darker −10%#D6C475

Darker −20%#CBB44D

Darker −30%#B19A34

Darker −40%#8A7828

More saturated +25%#F2DF8C

Less saturated −25%#D2CBAC

Channel breakdown

R226

G213

B156

Red226 (88.6%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue48.86°

Saturation (HSL)54.69%

Lightness74.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G D5 · B 9C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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