Recognised as Colour

#E2D9B6

#E2D9B6
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E2D9B6 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 217, 182 and HSL 48°, 43%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

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HEX#E2D9B6

RGBrgb(226, 217, 182)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.851, 0.7137

RGB percentages88.6%, 85.1%, 71.4%

HSLhsl(47.7, 43.1%, 80%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.7, 19.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 4%, 19.5%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,866,870

CSS custom property--colour: #E2D9B6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.83:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#1D2649

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1D7B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3DAB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#E9D4CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 7.5 Blanched almond · ΔE 8.8 Bisque · ΔE 8.9 Papaya whip · ΔE 10.1 Moccasin · ΔE 10.7 Antique white · ΔE 10.8

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 7.47, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B6BFE2

Analogous#E2C3B6, #D5E2B6

Triadic#B6E2D9, #D9B6E2

Split complementary#B6D5E2, #C3B6E2

Tetradic#B6E2C3, #B6BFE2, #E2B6D5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F1ECDB

Darker −10%#D3C692

Darker −20%#C5B36D

Darker −30%#B6A049

Darker −40%#92803A

More saturated +25%#EFE1A9

Less saturated −25%#D5D1C3

Channel breakdown

R226

G217

B182

Red226 (88.6%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue182 (71.4%)

Hue47.73°

Saturation (HSL)43.14%

Lightness80%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G D9 · B B6

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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