Colour

#E5D694

#E5D694
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E5D694 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 214, 148 and HSL 49°, 61%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#E5D694

RGBrgb(229, 214, 148)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8392, 0.5804

RGB percentages89.8%, 83.9%, 58%

HSLhsl(48.9, 60.9%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 35.4%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 6.6%, 35.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,062,676

CSS custom property--colour: #E5D694;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.38:1

Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#1A296B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3D28Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7D896no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F1CDC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.3 Navajo white · ΔE 11.8 Moccasin · ΔE 12.3 Khaki · ΔE 12.5 Wheat · ΔE 12.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.7

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.35, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#94A3E5

Analogous#E5AE94, #CBE594

Triadic#94E5D6, #D694E5

Split complementary#94CBE5, #AE94E5

Tetradic#94E5AE, #94A3E5, #E594CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F5E6

Lighter +10%#EFE6BD

Darker −10%#DBC66B

Darker −20%#D1B742

Darker −30%#B49B2C

Darker −40%#8B7822

More saturated +25%#F6E083

Less saturated −25%#D4CCA5

Channel breakdown

R229

G214

B148

Red229 (89.8%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue148 (58%)

Hue48.89°

Saturation (HSL)60.9%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G D6 · B 94

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