Recognised as Colour

#E4D8A4

#E4D8A4
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E4D8A4 is a yellow with RGB values 228, 216, 164 and HSL 49°, 54%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E4D8A4#E4D8A4

HEX#E4D8A4

RGBrgb(228, 216, 164)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.8471, 0.6431

RGB percentages89.4%, 84.7%, 64.3%

HSLhsl(48.7, 54.2%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.7, 28.1%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 5.3%, 28.1%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,997,668

CSS custom property--colour: #E4D8A4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68286WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.66:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#1B275B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3D5A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6D9A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EED0CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 6.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.2 Moccasin · ΔE 8.4 Navajo white · ΔE 9.2 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.6 Bisque · ΔE 13

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 6.95, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A4B0E4

Analogous#E4B8A4, #D0E4A4

Triadic#A4E4D8, #D8A4E4

Split complementary#A4D0E4, #B8A4E4

Tetradic#A4E4B8, #A4B0E4, #E4A4D0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBFAF3

Lighter +10%#F0E9CB

Darker −10%#D8C77D

Darker −20%#CDB655

Darker −30%#B8A037

Darker −40%#917E2B

More saturated +25%#F3E195

Less saturated −25%#D5CFB3

Channel breakdown

R228

G216

B164

Red228 (89.4%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue164 (64.3%)

Hue48.75°

Saturation (HSL)54.24%

Lightness76.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G D8 · B A4

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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