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Recognised as Colour

#E6E2CB

  • #E6E2CB
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Antique white

#E6E2CB is a yellow with RGB values 230, 226, 203 and HSL 51°, 35%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Antique white.

Colour values

#E6E2CB#E6E2CB
HEX#E6E2CB
RGBrgb(230, 226, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8863, 0.7961
RGB percentages90.2%, 88.6%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(51.1, 35.1%, 84.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 11.7%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 1.7%, 11.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,131,339
CSS custom property--colour: #E6E2CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75528WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.11:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#191D34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E0CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8E2CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#EBDEDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Antique white · ΔE 6Beige · ΔE 6.5Papaya whip · ΔE 7.2Cornsilk · ΔE 8.2Blanched almond · ΔE 8.2Old lace · ΔE 8.4
Nearest named CSS colourAntique white (#FAEBD7)ΔE 5.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBCFE6
Analogous#E6D5CB, #DDE6CB
Triadic#CBE6E2, #E2CBE6
Split complementary#CBDDE6, #D5CBE6
Tetradic#CBE6D5, #CBCFE6, #E6CBDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F5ED
Darker −10%#D5CFA9
Darker −20%#C5BC86
Darker −30%#B4A864
Darker −40%#9B8F4A
More saturated +25%#F0E9C1
Less saturated −25%#DCDBD5

Channel breakdown

R230
G226
B203
Red230 (90.2%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue51.11°
Saturation (HSL)35.06%
Lightness84.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G E2 · B CB

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