Recognised as Colour
#E2D8B3
- #E2D8B3
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Wheat
#E2D8B3 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 216, 179 and HSL 47°, 45%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.
Colour values
#E2D8B3#E2D8B3
HEX#E2D8B3
RGBrgb(226, 216, 179)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8471, 0.702
RGB percentages88.6%, 84.7%, 70.2%
HSLhsl(47.2, 44.8%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.2, 20.8%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 4.4%, 20.8%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,866,611
CSS custom property--colour: #E2D8B3;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.68535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.71:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#1D274C
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#B3BDE2
Analogous#E2C1B3, #D4E2B3
Triadic#B3E2D8, #D8B3E2
Split complementary#B3D4E2, #C1B3E2
Tetradic#B3E2C1, #B3BDE2, #E2B3D4
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R226
G216
B179
Red226 (88.6%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue179 (70.2%)
Hue47.23°
Saturation (HSL)44.76%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G D8 · B B3
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