Recognised as Colour
#E5D9B2
- #E5D9B2
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Wheat
#E5D9B2 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 217, 178 and HSL 46°, 50%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.
Colour values
#E5D9B2#E5D9B2
HEX#E5D9B2
RGBrgb(229, 217, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.851, 0.698
RGB percentages89.8%, 85.1%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(45.9, 49.5%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.9, 22.3%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 5.2%, 22.3%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,063,474
CSS custom property--colour: #E5D9B2;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.69498WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.9:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#1A264D
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#B2BEE5
Analogous#E5C0B2, #D8E5B2
Triadic#B2E5D9, #D9B2E5
Split complementary#B2D8E5, #C0B2E5
Tetradic#B2E5C0, #B2BEE5, #E5B2D8
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R229
G217
B178
Red229 (89.8%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue45.88°
Saturation (HSL)49.51%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G D9 · B B2
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