Recognised as Colour

#E4D9A9

#E4D9A9
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E4D9A9 is a yellow with RGB values 228, 217, 169 and HSL 49°, 52%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E4D9A9#E4D9A9

HEX#E4D9A9

RGBrgb(228, 217, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.851, 0.6627

RGB percentages89.4%, 85.1%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(48.8, 52.2%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 25.9%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 4.8%, 25.9%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,997,929

CSS custom property--colour: #E4D9A9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68984WCAG 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 14.8:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#1B2656

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3D6A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6DAABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EDD2CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 6 Moccasin · ΔE 8.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.4 Navajo white · ΔE 9.5 Bisque · ΔE 11.5 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.6

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 5.97, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A9B4E4

Analogous#E4BBA9, #D2E4A9

Triadic#A9E4D9, #D9A9E4

Split complementary#A9D2E4, #BBA9E4

Tetradic#A9E4BB, #A9B4E4, #E4A9D2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFBF7

Lighter +10%#F0EAD0

Darker −10%#D8C882

Darker −20%#CCB75B

Darker −30%#BAA23A

Darker −40%#93802E

More saturated +25%#F2E29B

Less saturated −25%#D6D0B7

Channel breakdown

R228

G217

B169

Red228 (89.4%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue48.81°

Saturation (HSL)52.21%

Lightness77.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G D9 · B A9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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