Recognised as Colour

#E5D697

#E5D697
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E5D697 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 214, 151 and HSL 48°, 60%, 75%. 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#E5D697

RGBrgb(229, 214, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8392, 0.5922

RGB percentages89.8%, 83.9%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(48.5, 60%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 34.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 6.6%, 34.1%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,062,679

CSS custom property--colour: #E5D697;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66986WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.4:1

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

Contrast with black14.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#1A2968

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2D393no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7D899no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F1CDC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.3 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 text14.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.9 Navajo white · ΔE 10.8 Moccasin · ΔE 11.2 Wheat · ΔE 11.2 Khaki · ΔE 13.8 Burlywood · ΔE 14.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.89, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97A6E5

Analogous#E5AF97, #CDE597

Triadic#97E5D6, #D697E5

Split complementary#97CDE5, #AF97E5

Tetradic#97E5AF, #97A6E5, #E597CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F6E9

Lighter +10%#EFE6C0

Darker −10%#DBC66E

Darker −20%#D1B645

Darker −30%#B69B2D

Darker −40%#8D7823

More saturated +25%#F5E087

Less saturated −25%#D5CCA7

Channel breakdown

R229

G214

B151

Red229 (89.8%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue48.46°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness74.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G D6 · B 97

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