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Recognised as Colour

#E4E1AF

  • #E4E1AF
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E4E1AF is a yellow with RGB values 228, 225, 175 and HSL 57°, 50%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E4E1AF#E4E1AF
HEX#E4E1AF
RGBrgb(228, 225, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.8824, 0.6863
RGB percentages89.4%, 88.2%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(56.6, 49.5%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.6, 23.2%, 89.4%)
CMYK0%, 1.3%, 23.2%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,999,983
CSS custom property--colour: #E4E1AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.69:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#1B1E50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EADDACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#ECE0B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#ECDAD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.6Wheat · ΔE 8.5Lemon chiffon · ΔE 9.5Moccasin · ΔE 9.9Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 10.4Navajo white · ΔE 12
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFB2E4
Analogous#E4C6AF, #CDE4AF
Triadic#AFE4E1, #E1AFE4
Split complementary#AFCDE4, #C6AFE4
Tetradic#AFE4C7, #AFB2E4, #E4AFCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFB
Lighter +10%#F1EFD5
Darker −10%#D7D389
Darker −20%#CAC463
Darker −30%#BBB43F
Darker −40%#958F32
More saturated +25%#F1EDA2
Less saturated −25%#D7D5BC

Channel breakdown

R228
G225
B175
Red228 (89.4%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue56.6°
Saturation (HSL)49.53%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E4 · G E1 · B AF

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