Colour

#E6D9AB

#E6D9AB
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E6D9AB is a yellow with RGB values 230, 217, 171 and HSL 47°, 54%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E6D9AB#E6D9AB

HEX#E6D9AB

RGBrgb(230, 217, 171)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.851, 0.6706

RGB percentages90.2%, 85.1%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(46.8, 54.1%, 78.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.8, 25.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 5.7%, 25.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,129,003

CSS custom property--colour: #E6D9AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69389WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.88:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#192654

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3D7A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6DBACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F0D2CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 4.9 Moccasin · ΔE 7.4 Navajo white · ΔE 8.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.3 Bisque · ΔE 10.3 Blanched almond · ΔE 11.3

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 4.91, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ABB8E6

Analogous#E6BBAB, #D6E6AB

Triadic#ABE6D9, #D9ABE6

Split complementary#ABD5E6, #BBABE6

Tetradic#ABE6BC, #ABB8E6, #E6ABD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFDFA

Lighter +10%#F2EBD2

Darker −10%#DAC784

Darker −20%#CFB55C

Darker −30%#BFA239

Darker −40%#98802D

More saturated +25%#F4E19D

Less saturated −25%#D8D1B9

Channel breakdown

R230

G217

B171

Red230 (90.2%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue46.78°

Saturation (HSL)54.13%

Lightness78.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G D9 · B AB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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