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Recognised as Colour

#E6DDA2

  • #E6DDA2
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E6DDA2 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 221, 162 and HSL 52°, 58%, 77%. 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

#E6DDA2#E6DDA2
HEX#E6DDA2
RGBrgb(230, 221, 162)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8667, 0.6353
RGB percentages90.2%, 86.7%, 63.5%
HSLhsl(52.1, 57.6%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 29.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 3.9%, 29.6%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,130,018
CSS custom property--colour: #E6DDA2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71145WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.23:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#19225D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8D99Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#EBDDA4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F0D5CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.7 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 text15.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4Wheat · ΔE 9.7Moccasin · ΔE 10Navajo white · ΔE 10.8Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.8Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 3.99, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2ABE6
Analogous#E6BBA2, #CDE6A2
Triadic#A2E6DD, #DDA2E6
Split complementary#A2CDE6, #BBA2E6
Tetradic#A2E6BB, #A2ABE6, #E6A2CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFAF2
Lighter +10%#F1ECCA
Darker −10%#DBCE7A
Darker −20%#D0C052
Darker −30%#BCAA33
Darker −40%#948628
More saturated +25%#F5E893
Less saturated −25%#D7D2B1

Channel breakdown

R230
G221
B162
Red230 (90.2%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue162 (63.5%)
Hue52.06°
Saturation (HSL)57.63%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G DD · B A2

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