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Recognised as Colour

#E5E7BB

  • #E5E7BB
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light goldenrod yellow

#E5E7BB is a yellow with RGB values 229, 231, 187 and HSL 63°, 48%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light goldenrod yellow.

Colour values

#E5E7BB#E5E7BB
HEX#E5E7BB
RGBrgb(229, 231, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9059, 0.7333
RGB percentages89.8%, 90.6%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(62.7, 47.8%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62.7, 19%, 90.6%)
CMYK0.9%, 0%, 19%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,067,067
CSS custom property--colour: #E5E7BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.48:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#1A1844

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EEE3B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#EFE5BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#EBE1DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.3Lemon chiffon · ΔE 7.6Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.7Wheat · ΔE 9.8Light yellow · ΔE 11.2Beige · ΔE 11.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight goldenrod yellow (#FAFAD2)ΔE 7.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDBBE7
Analogous#E7D3BB, #CFE7BB
Triadic#BBE5E7, #E7BBE5
Split complementary#BBCFE7, #D3BBE7
Tetradic#BBE7D3, #BDBBE7, #E7BBCF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F3F4E1
Darker −10%#D7DA95
Darker −20%#C8CC70
Darker −30%#BABF4A
Darker −40%#9A9E38
More saturated +25%#EFF3B0
Less saturated −25%#DBDBC6

Channel breakdown

R229
G231
B187
Red229 (89.8%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue62.73°
Saturation (HSL)47.83%
Lightness81.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR E5 · G E7 · B BB

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