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Recognised as Colour

#E5DAA4

  • #E5DAA4
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E5DAA4 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 218, 164 and HSL 50°, 56%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E5DAA4#E5DAA4
HEX#E5DAA4
RGBrgb(229, 218, 164)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8549, 0.6431
RGB percentages89.8%, 85.5%, 64.3%
HSLhsl(49.8, 55.6%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 28.4%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 4.8%, 28.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,063,716
CSS custom property--colour: #E5DAA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69481WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216 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#D8D8D8
Inverted#1A255B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5D7A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8DBA6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#EFD2CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original
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

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.1Wheat · ΔE 7.6Moccasin · ΔE 8.6Navajo white · ΔE 9.5Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.4Bisque · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4AFE5
Analogous#E5B9A4, #D0E5A4
Triadic#A4E5DA, #DAA4E5
Split complementary#A4D0E5, #BAA4E5
Tetradic#A4E5B9, #A4AFE5, #E5A4D0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFAF3
Lighter +10%#F0EACC
Darker −10%#DACA7C
Darker −20%#CEBA55
Darker −30%#BBA435
Darker −40%#93812A
More saturated +25%#F4E495
Less saturated −25%#D6D0B3

Channel breakdown

R229
G218
B164
Red229 (89.8%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue164 (64.3%)
Hue49.85°
Saturation (HSL)55.56%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G DA · B A4

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