Colour

#E5D8AF

#E5D8AF
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E5D8AF is a yellow with RGB values 229, 216, 175 and HSL 46°, 51%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E5D8AF#E5D8AF

HEX#E5D8AF

RGBrgb(229, 216, 175)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8471, 0.6863

RGB percentages89.8%, 84.7%, 68.6%

HSLhsl(45.6, 50.9%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.6, 23.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 5.7%, 23.6%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,063,215

CSS custom property--colour: #E5D8AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.77:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#1A2750

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1D6ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5DAB0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#EED1CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 5 Moccasin · ΔE 8.2 Bisque · ΔE 8.9 Navajo white · ΔE 9.8 Blanched almond · ΔE 9.8 Peach puff · ΔE 10.5

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 4.98, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AFBCE5

Analogous#E5BDAF, #D7E5AF

Triadic#AFE5D8, #D8AFE5

Split complementary#AFD7E5, #BDAFE5

Tetradic#AFE5BD, #AFBCE5, #E5AFD7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFEFC

Lighter +10%#F2EBD5

Darker −10%#D8C589

Darker −20%#CCB262

Darker −30%#BD9F3E

Darker −40%#977E31

More saturated +25%#F2DFA2

Less saturated −25%#D8D1BC

Channel breakdown

R229

G216

B175

Red229 (89.8%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue175 (68.6%)

Hue45.56°

Saturation (HSL)50.94%

Lightness79.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G D8 · B AF

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