Recognised as Colour

#E2D994

#E2D994
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E2D994 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 217, 148 and HSL 53°, 57%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#E2D994

RGBrgb(226, 217, 148)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.851, 0.5804

RGB percentages88.6%, 85.1%, 58%

HSLhsl(53.1, 57.4%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.1, 34.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 4%, 34.5%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,866,836

CSS custom property--colour: #E2D994;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67933WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.59:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#1D266B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5D58Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8D997no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EDD0C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.7 Khaki · ΔE 10.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.4 Navajo white · ΔE 14 Moccasin · ΔE 14.1 Wheat · ΔE 14.4

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.65, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#949DE2

Analogous#E2B294, #C4E294

Triadic#94E2D9, #D994E2

Split complementary#94C4E2, #B294E2

Tetradic#94E2B2, #949DE2, #E294C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F6E4

Lighter +10%#EDE7BC

Darker −10%#D7CB6C

Darker −20%#CCBD44

Darker −30%#AE9F2F

Darker −40%#867B24

More saturated +25%#F3E683

Less saturated −25%#D1CCA5

Channel breakdown

R226

G217

B148

Red226 (88.6%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue148 (58%)

Hue53.08°

Saturation (HSL)57.35%

Lightness73.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G D9 · B 94

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