Colour

#E4D8A7

#E4D8A7
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E4D8A7 is a yellow with RGB values 228, 216, 167 and HSL 48°, 53%, 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

#E4D8A7#E4D8A7

HEX#E4D8A7

RGBrgb(228, 216, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.8471, 0.6549

RGB percentages89.4%, 84.7%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(48.2, 53%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 26.8%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 5.3%, 26.8%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,997,671

CSS custom property--colour: #E4D8A7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68396WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.68:1

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

Contrast with black14.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#1B2758

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2D5A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6D9A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EED1CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 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 text14.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 6.1 Moccasin · ΔE 8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.2 Navajo white · ΔE 9.2 Bisque · ΔE 11.8 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.1

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 6.06, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A7B3E4

Analogous#E4BAA7, #D2E4A7

Triadic#A7E4D8, #D8A7E4

Split complementary#A7D2E4, #B9A7E4

Tetradic#A7E4BA, #A7B3E4, #E4A7D2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFBF5

Lighter +10%#F0E9CE

Darker −10%#D8C780

Darker −20%#CCB559

Darker −30%#B9A039

Darker −40%#927E2D

More saturated +25%#F2E199

Less saturated −25%#D6CFB5

Channel breakdown

R228

G216

B167

Red228 (89.4%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue48.2°

Saturation (HSL)53.04%

Lightness77.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G D8 · B A7

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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