Recognised as Colour
#E6DAB5
- #E6DAB5
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Wheat
#E6DAB5 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 218, 181 and HSL 45°, 49%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.
Colour values
#E6DAB5#E6DAB5
HEX#E6DAB5
RGBrgb(230, 218, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8549, 0.7098
RGB percentages90.2%, 85.5%, 71%
HSLhsl(45.3, 49.5%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.3, 21.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 5.2%, 21.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,129,269
CSS custom property--colour: #E6DAB5;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.70302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.06:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#19254A
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#B5C1E6
Analogous#E6C2B5, #DAE6B5
Triadic#B5E6DA, #DAB5E6
Split complementary#B5DAE6, #C1B5E6
Tetradic#B5E6C2, #B5C1E6, #E6B5DA
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R230
G218
B181
Red230 (90.2%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue45.31°
Saturation (HSL)49.49%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G DA · B B5
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