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Recognised as Colour

#E5E1AE

  • #E5E1AE
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E5E1AE is a yellow with RGB values 229, 225, 174 and HSL 56°, 51%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E5E1AE#E5E1AE
HEX#E5E1AE
RGBrgb(229, 225, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8824, 0.6824
RGB percentages89.8%, 88.2%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(55.6, 51.4%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.6, 24%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 1.7%, 24%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,065,518
CSS custom property--colour: #E5E1AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73564WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.71:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#1A1E51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EADDABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#ECE0B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#EDDAD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6Wheat · ΔE 8.3Lemon chiffon · ΔE 9.6Moccasin · ΔE 9.6Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 10.7Navajo white · ΔE 11.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEB2E5
Analogous#E5C6AE, #CEE5AE
Triadic#AEE5E1, #E1AEE5
Split complementary#AECEE5, #C6AEE5
Tetradic#AEE5C6, #AEB2E5, #E5AECE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFB
Lighter +10%#F1EFD5
Darker −10%#D9D387
Darker −20%#CCC461
Darker −30%#BDB43D
Darker −40%#978F30
More saturated +25%#F2ECA1
Less saturated −25%#D8D6BB

Channel breakdown

R229
G225
B174
Red229 (89.8%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue55.64°
Saturation (HSL)51.4%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G E1 · B AE

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