Recognised as Colour

#E5D8A6

#E5D8A6
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E5D8A6 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 216, 166 and HSL 48°, 55%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E5D8A6#E5D8A6

HEX#E5D8A6

RGBrgb(229, 216, 166)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8471, 0.651

RGB percentages89.8%, 84.7%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(47.6, 54.8%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.6, 27.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 5.7%, 27.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,063,206

CSS custom property--colour: #E5D8A6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.7:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#1A2759

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2D5A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6DAA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EFD0CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 6 Moccasin · ΔE 7.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.9 Navajo white · ΔE 8.8 Bisque · ΔE 12 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.3

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 6.03, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A6B3E5

Analogous#E5B8A6, #D3E5A6

Triadic#A6E5D8, #D8A6E5

Split complementary#A6D3E5, #B9A6E5

Tetradic#A6E5B8, #A6B3E5, #E5A6D3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFBF5

Lighter +10%#F1E9CD

Darker −10%#D9C77F

Darker −20%#CEB557

Darker −30%#BBA037

Darker −40%#947E2B

More saturated +25%#F3E098

Less saturated −25%#D7D0B4

Channel breakdown

R229

G216

B166

Red229 (89.8%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue47.62°

Saturation (HSL)54.78%

Lightness77.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G D8 · B A6

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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