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Colour

#E6DD9F

  • #E6DD9F
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E6DD9F is a yellow with RGB values 230, 221, 159 and HSL 52°, 59%, 76%. 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

#E6DD9F#E6DD9F
HEX#E6DD9F
RGBrgb(230, 221, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8667, 0.6235
RGB percentages90.2%, 86.7%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(52.4, 58.7%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 30.9%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 3.9%, 30.9%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,130,015
CSS custom property--colour: #E6DD9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.21:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#192260

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8D99Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#EBDDA1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F1D5CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 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 text15.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 3.9Moccasin · ΔE 11Wheat · ΔE 11Navajo white · ΔE 11.5Lemon chiffon · ΔE 13.8Khaki · ΔE 13.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 3.87, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FA8E6
Analogous#E6BA9F, #CBE69F
Triadic#9FE6DD, #DD9FE6
Split complementary#9FCBE6, #BA9FE6
Tetradic#9FE6BA, #9FA8E6, #E69FCC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFAF0
Lighter +10%#F1EBC7
Darker −10%#DBCF77
Darker −20%#D1C04E
Darker −30%#BBAA31
Darker −40%#938526
More saturated +25%#F5E890
Less saturated −25%#D7D2AE

Channel breakdown

R230
G221
B159
Red230 (90.2%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue52.39°
Saturation (HSL)58.68%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G DD · B 9F

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