Recognised as Colour

#E6DBA9

#E6DBA9
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E6DBA9 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 219, 169 and HSL 49°, 55%, 78%. 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

#E6DBA9#E6DBA9

HEX#E6DBA9

RGBrgb(230, 219, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8588, 0.6627

RGB percentages90.2%, 85.9%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(49.2, 55%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 26.5%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 4.8%, 26.5%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,129,513

CSS custom property--colour: #E6DBA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70351WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.07:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#192456

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5D8A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8DCABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F0D4CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 6.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.2 Moccasin · ΔE 7.8 Navajo white · ΔE 9.2 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.2 Bisque · ΔE 11.9

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 6.16, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A9B4E6

Analogous#E6BCA9, #D3E6A9

Triadic#A9E6DB, #DBA9E6

Split complementary#A9D3E6, #BCA9E6

Tetradic#A9E6BC, #A9B4E6, #E6A9D3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFCF8

Lighter +10%#F1ECD1

Darker −10%#DBCA81

Darker −20%#CFBA5A

Darker −30%#BFA637

Darker −40%#97842C

More saturated +25%#F4E49B

Less saturated −25%#D8D2B7

Channel breakdown

R230

G219

B169

Red230 (90.2%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue49.18°

Saturation (HSL)54.95%

Lightness78.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G DB · B A9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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