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Recognised as Colour

#E2DD96

  • #E2DD96
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E2DD96 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 221, 150 and HSL 56°, 57%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E2DD96#E2DD96
HEX#E2DD96
RGBrgb(226, 221, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8667, 0.5882
RGB percentages88.6%, 86.7%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(56.1, 56.7%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.1, 33.6%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 2.2%, 33.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,867,862
CSS custom property--colour: #E2DD96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.02:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#1D2269

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9D891no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#EBDC99no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#EDD4CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.3Khaki · ΔE 10Dark khaki · ΔE 14.2Moccasin · ΔE 15.3Navajo white · ΔE 15.5Wheat · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#969BE2
Analogous#E2B796, #C1E296
Triadic#96E2DD, #DD96E2
Split complementary#96C1E2, #B796E2
Tetradic#96E2B7, #969BE2, #E296C1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F7E6
Lighter +10%#EDEABE
Darker −10%#D7D06E
Darker −20%#CCC346
Darker −30%#AFA630
Darker −40%#878025
More saturated +25%#F3EC85
Less saturated −25%#D1CEA7

Channel breakdown

R226
G221
B150
Red226 (88.6%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue56.05°
Saturation (HSL)56.72%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G DD · B 96

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