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Recognised as Colour

#E4E7C2

  • #E4E7C2
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light goldenrod yellow

#E4E7C2 is a yellow with RGB values 228, 231, 194 and HSL 65°, 44%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light goldenrod yellow.

Colour values

#E4E7C2#E4E7C2
HEX#E4E7C2
RGBrgb(228, 231, 194)
RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.9059, 0.7608
RGB percentages89.4%, 90.6%, 76.1%
HSLhsl(64.9, 43.5%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(64.9, 16%, 90.6%)
CMYK1.3%, 0%, 16%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,001,538
CSS custom property--colour: #E4E7C2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77541WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.51:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#1B183D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDE3C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#EDE5C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E9E2DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7Beige · ΔE 8.4Lemon chiffon · ΔE 8.6Cornsilk · ΔE 9.1Light yellow · ΔE 9.4Blanched almond · ΔE 9.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight goldenrod yellow (#FAFAD2)ΔE 7, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C5C2E7
Analogous#E7D7C2, #D2E7C2
Triadic#C2E4E7, #E7C2E4
Split complementary#C2D2E7, #D7C2E7
Tetradic#C2E7D7, #C5C2E7, #E7C2D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F4F5E7
Darker −10%#D4D99D
Darker −20%#C4CA79
Darker −30%#B3BC54
Darker −40%#979F3E
More saturated +25%#EDF2B7
Less saturated −25%#DBDCCD

Channel breakdown

R228
G231
B194
Red228 (89.4%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue194 (76.1%)
Hue64.86°
Saturation (HSL)43.53%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR E4 · G E7 · B C2

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