Colour

#E6DCAF

#E6DCAF
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E6DCAF is a yellow with RGB values 230, 220, 175 and HSL 49°, 52%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E6DCAF#E6DCAF

HEX#E6DCAF

RGBrgb(230, 220, 175)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8627, 0.6863

RGB percentages90.2%, 86.3%, 68.6%

HSLhsl(49.1, 52.4%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 23.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 4.3%, 23.9%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,129,775

CSS custom property--colour: #E6DCAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71105WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.22:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#192350

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5D9ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8DDB0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EFD5D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 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 text15.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 5.5 Moccasin · ΔE 7.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.2 Navajo white · ΔE 9.8 Bisque · ΔE 10.2 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.3

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 5.45, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AFB9E6

Analogous#E6C1AF, #D4E6AF

Triadic#AFE6DC, #DCAFE6

Split complementary#AFD4E6, #C1AFE6

Tetradic#AFE6C1, #AFB9E6, #E6AFD5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFEFD

Lighter +10%#F2EDD6

Darker −10%#DACB88

Darker −20%#CEBA61

Darker −30%#C0A83C

Darker −40%#998630

More saturated +25%#F3E4A2

Less saturated −25%#D9D4BC

Channel breakdown

R230

G220

B175

Red230 (90.2%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue175 (68.6%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)52.38%

Lightness79.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G DC · B AF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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