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Recognised as Colour

#E5DBA3

  • #E5DBA3
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E5DBA3 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 219, 163 and HSL 51°, 56%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E5DBA3#E5DBA3
HEX#E5DBA3
RGBrgb(229, 219, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8588, 0.6392
RGB percentages89.8%, 85.9%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(50.9, 55.9%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 28.8%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 4.4%, 28.8%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,063,971
CSS custom property--colour: #E5DBA3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69965WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.99:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#1A245C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6D79Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9DCA5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#EFD3CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.2Wheat · ΔE 8.5Moccasin · ΔE 9.2Navajo white · ΔE 10.1Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.6Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 14.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A3ADE5
Analogous#E5BAA3, #CEE5A3
Triadic#A3E5DB, #DBA3E5
Split complementary#A3CEE5, #BAA3E5
Tetradic#A3E5BA, #A3ADE5, #E5A3CE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFAF3
Lighter +10%#F0EBCB
Darker −10%#DACB7B
Darker −20%#CFBC53
Darker −30%#BAA635
Darker −40%#938329
More saturated +25%#F4E594
Less saturated −25%#D6D1B2

Channel breakdown

R229
G219
B163
Red229 (89.8%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue50.91°
Saturation (HSL)55.93%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G DB · B A3

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