Recognised as Colour

#E2D8B5

#E2D8B5
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E2D8B5 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 216, 181 and HSL 47°, 44%, 80%. 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

#E2D8B5#E2D8B5

HEX#E2D8B5

RGBrgb(226, 216, 181)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8471, 0.7098

RGB percentages88.6%, 84.7%, 71%

HSLhsl(46.7, 43.7%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.7, 19.9%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 4.4%, 19.9%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,866,613

CSS custom property--colour: #E2D8B5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68617WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.72:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#1D274A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0D6B3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3D9B6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#EAD2CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 7.3 Bisque · ΔE 8.7 Blanched almond · ΔE 8.9 Papaya whip · ΔE 10.2 Moccasin · ΔE 10.6 Antique white · ΔE 11

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 7.27, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B5BFE2

Analogous#E2C2B5, #D6E2B5

Triadic#B5E2D8, #D8B5E2

Split complementary#B5D5E2, #C2B5E2

Tetradic#B5E2C2, #B5BFE2, #E2B5D5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFE

Lighter +10%#F0EBDA

Darker −10%#D4C590

Darker −20%#C5B16C

Darker −30%#B69E48

Darker −40%#927E39

More saturated +25%#EFDFA8

Less saturated −25%#D5D1C2

Channel breakdown

R226

G216

B181

Red226 (88.6%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue181 (71%)

Hue46.67°

Saturation (HSL)43.69%

Lightness79.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G D8 · B B5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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