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Recognised as Colour

#E6D8A2

  • #E6D8A2
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E6D8A2 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 216, 162 and HSL 48°, 58%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E6D8A2#E6D8A2
HEX#E6D8A2
RGBrgb(230, 216, 162)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8471, 0.6353
RGB percentages90.2%, 84.7%, 63.5%
HSLhsl(47.6, 57.6%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.6, 29.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 6.1%, 29.6%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,128,738
CSS custom property--colour: #E6D8A2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68543WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.71:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#19275D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3D59Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7DAA4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F1D0CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.8Wheat · ΔE 7.2Moccasin · ΔE 8.2Navajo white · ΔE 8.7Lemon chiffon · ΔE 13.1Bisque · ΔE 13.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2B0E6
Analogous#E6B6A2, #D2E6A2
Triadic#A2E6D8, #D8A2E6
Split complementary#A2D2E6, #B6A2E6
Tetradic#A2E6B6, #A2B0E6, #E6A2D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFAF2
Lighter +10%#F1E9CA
Darker −10%#DBC77A
Darker −20%#D0B652
Darker −30%#BCA033
Darker −40%#947E28
More saturated +25%#F5E193
Less saturated −25%#D7CFB1

Channel breakdown

R230
G216
B162
Red230 (90.2%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue162 (63.5%)
Hue47.65°
Saturation (HSL)57.63%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G D8 · B A2

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