Recognised as Colour

#E2DC9B

#E2DC9B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E2DC9B is a yellow with RGB values 226, 220, 155 and HSL 55°, 55%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E2DC9B#E2DC9B

HEX#E2DC9B

RGBrgb(226, 220, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8627, 0.6078

RGB percentages88.6%, 86.3%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(54.9, 55%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.9, 31.4%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 2.7%, 31.4%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,867,611

CSS custom property--colour: #E2DC9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69722WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.94:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#1D2364

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7D797no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#EADB9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Tritanopia#ECD4CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.6 Khaki · ΔE 12.8 Moccasin · ΔE 12.9 Wheat · ΔE 12.9 Navajo white · ΔE 13.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 15

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.65, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9BA1E2

Analogous#E2B99B, #C5E29B

Triadic#9BE2DC, #DC9BE2

Split complementary#9BC5E2, #B99BE2

Tetradic#9BE2B9, #9BA1E2, #E29BC5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F8EA

Lighter +10%#EDEAC3

Darker −10%#D7CE73

Darker −20%#CBC04C

Darker −30%#B1A633

Darker −40%#898128

More saturated +25%#F2E98B

Less saturated −25%#D2CFAB

Channel breakdown

R226

G220

B155

Red226 (88.6%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue54.93°

Saturation (HSL)55.04%

Lightness74.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G DC · B 9B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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