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Colour

#E6DCA8

  • #E6DCA8
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E6DCA8 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 220, 168 and HSL 50°, 55%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E6DCA8#E6DCA8
HEX#E6DCA8
RGBrgb(230, 220, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8627, 0.6588
RGB percentages90.2%, 86.3%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(50.3, 55.4%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 27%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 4.3%, 27%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,129,768
CSS custom property--colour: #E6DCA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70837WCAG 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 15.17:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#192357

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6D9A5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9DDAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F0D5CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.2Wheat · ΔE 7Moccasin · ΔE 8.2Navajo white · ΔE 9.5Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.3Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8B2E6
Analogous#E6BDA8, #D1E6A8
Triadic#A8E6DC, #DCA8E6
Split complementary#A8D1E6, #BDA8E6
Tetradic#A8E6BD, #A8B2E6, #E6A8D1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFCF7
Lighter +10%#F1ECD0
Darker −10%#DBCC80
Darker −20%#CFBC59
Darker −30%#BEA837
Darker −40%#97852B
More saturated +25%#F4E59A
Less saturated −25%#D8D3B6

Channel breakdown

R230
G220
B168
Red230 (90.2%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue50.32°
Saturation (HSL)55.36%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G DC · B A8

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