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Recognised as Colour

#E6D894

  • #E6D894
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E6D894 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 216, 148 and HSL 50°, 62%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E6D894#E6D894
HEX#E6D894
RGBrgb(230, 216, 148)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8471, 0.5804
RGB percentages90.2%, 84.7%, 58%
HSLhsl(49.8, 62.1%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 35.7%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 6.1%, 35.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,128,724
CSS custom property--colour: #E6D894;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.61:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#19276B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5D48Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9D996no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F2CFC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.1Khaki · ΔE 11.3Navajo white · ΔE 12.5Moccasin · ΔE 12.9Wheat · ΔE 13.4Dark khaki · ΔE 13.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94A2E6
Analogous#E6AF94, #CBE694
Triadic#94E6D8, #D894E6
Split complementary#94CBE6, #AF94E6
Tetradic#94E6AF, #94A2E6, #E694CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F6E7
Lighter +10%#F0E7BD
Darker −10%#DCC96B
Darker −20%#D3BA41
Darker −30%#B69F2B
Darker −40%#8D7B21
More saturated +25%#F7E384
Less saturated −25%#D6CDA5

Channel breakdown

R230
G216
B148
Red230 (90.2%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue148 (58%)
Hue49.76°
Saturation (HSL)62.12%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G D8 · B 94

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