Recognised as Colour

#E2E5C6

#E2E5C6
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Beige

#E2E5C6 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 229, 198 and HSL 66°, 37%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#E2E5C6#E2E5C6

HEX#E2E5C6

RGBrgb(226, 229, 198)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.898, 0.7765

RGB percentages88.6%, 89.8%, 77.6%

HSLhsl(65.8, 37.3%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.8, 13.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK1.3%, 0%, 13.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,869,958

CSS custom property--colour: #E2E5C6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.26:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#1D1A39

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAE2C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAE3C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Tritanopia#E6E1DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 6.9 Cornsilk · ΔE 8.5 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 8.6 Papaya whip · ΔE 9.1 Light yellow · ΔE 9.4 Antique white · ΔE 9.5

Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 6.87, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C9C6E5

Analogous#E5D9C6, #D3E5C6

Triadic#C6E2E5, #E5C6E2

Split complementary#C6D3E5, #D9C6E5

Tetradic#C6E5D9, #C9C6E5, #E5C6D3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4F5E9

Darker −10%#D0D5A3

Darker −20%#BEC580

Darker −30%#ADB55D

Darker −40%#919946

More saturated +25%#EAEFBC

Less saturated −25%#DADBD0

Channel breakdown

R226

G229

B198

Red226 (88.6%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue198 (77.6%)

Hue65.81°

Saturation (HSL)37.35%

Lightness83.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E2 · G E5 · B C6

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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