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Recognised as Colour

#E5DDBA

  • #E5DDBA
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#E5DDBA is a yellow with RGB values 229, 221, 186 and HSL 49°, 45%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E5DDBA#E5DDBA
HEX#E5DDBA
RGBrgb(229, 221, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8667, 0.7294
RGB percentages89.8%, 86.7%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(48.8, 45.3%, 81.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 18.8%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 3.5%, 18.8%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,064,506
CSS custom property--colour: #E5DDBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71916WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.38:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#1A2245

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5DBB8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7DEBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#ECD8D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 7.4Blanched almond · ΔE 7.9Bisque · ΔE 8.4Papaya whip · ΔE 9.1Antique white · ΔE 10Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 10.1
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 7.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BAC2E5
Analogous#E5C8BA, #D7E5BA
Triadic#BAE5DD, #DDBAE5
Split complementary#BAD7E5, #C8BAE5
Tetradic#BAE5C8, #BAC2E5, #E5BAD7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F3EFDF
Darker −10%#D7CB95
Darker −20%#C9B870
Darker −30%#BBA64B
Darker −40%#99873A
More saturated +25%#F1E4AE
Less saturated −25%#D9D6C6

Channel breakdown

R229
G221
B186
Red229 (89.8%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue48.84°
Saturation (HSL)45.26%
Lightness81.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G DD · B BA

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