Recognised as Colour

#E6DAAA

#E6DAAA
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E6DAAA is a yellow with RGB values 230, 218, 170 and HSL 48°, 55%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E6DAAA#E6DAAA

HEX#E6DAAA

RGBrgb(230, 218, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8549, 0.6667

RGB percentages90.2%, 85.5%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(48, 54.5%, 78.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 26.1%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 5.2%, 26.1%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,129,258

CSS custom property--colour: #E6DAAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.97:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#192555

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4D7A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7DCACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F0D3CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 5.5 Moccasin · ΔE 7.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.3 Navajo white · ΔE 8.9 Bisque · ΔE 11.1 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.3

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 5.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AAB6E6

Analogous#E6BCAA, #D4E6AA

Triadic#AAE6DA, #DAAAE6

Split complementary#AAD4E6, #BCAAE6

Tetradic#AAE6BC, #AAB6E6, #E6AAD4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFCF9

Lighter +10%#F2EBD1

Darker −10%#DAC983

Darker −20%#CFB85B

Darker −30%#BFA438

Darker −40%#97822D

More saturated +25%#F4E29C

Less saturated −25%#D8D2B8

Channel breakdown

R230

G218

B170

Red230 (90.2%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)54.55%

Lightness78.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G DA · B AA

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