Colour

#E2D799

#E2D799
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E2D799 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 215, 153 and HSL 51°, 56%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#E2D799

RGBrgb(226, 215, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8431, 0.6

RGB percentages88.6%, 84.3%, 60%

HSLhsl(51, 55.7%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 32.3%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 4.9%, 32.3%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,866,329

CSS custom property--colour: #E2D799;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6707WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.41:1

Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#1D2866

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3D395no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6D89Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#EDCEC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6 Wheat · ΔE 11.3 Moccasin · ΔE 11.5 Navajo white · ΔE 11.5 Khaki · ΔE 14.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.6

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.02, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#99A4E2

Analogous#E2B399, #C8E299

Triadic#99E2D7, #D799E2

Split complementary#99C9E2, #B399E2

Tetradic#99E2B3, #99A4E2, #E299C8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F6E8

Lighter +10%#EDE7C1

Darker −10%#D7C771

Darker −20%#CBB84A

Darker −30%#B09D32

Darker −40%#887A27

More saturated +25%#F2E289

Less saturated −25%#D2CCA9

Channel breakdown

R226

G215

B153

Red226 (88.6%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue50.96°

Saturation (HSL)55.73%

Lightness74.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G D7 · B 99

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