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Recognised as Colour

#E6E2CE

  • #E6E2CE
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Antique white

#E6E2CE is a yellow with RGB values 230, 226, 206 and HSL 50°, 32%, 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

#E6E2CE#E6E2CE
HEX#E6E2CE
RGBrgb(230, 226, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8863, 0.8078
RGB percentages90.2%, 88.6%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(50, 32.4%, 85.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50, 10.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 1.7%, 10.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,131,342
CSS custom property--colour: #E6E2CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75672WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.13:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#191D31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E1CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8E2CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#EADFDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 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 text16.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Antique white · ΔE 5.7Beige · ΔE 6.8Papaya whip · ΔE 7.6Old lace · ΔE 7.7Linen · ΔE 7.9Cornsilk · ΔE 8.7
Nearest named CSS colourAntique white (#FAEBD7)ΔE 5.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CED2E6
Analogous#E6D6CE, #DEE6CE
Triadic#CEE6E2, #E2CEE6
Split complementary#CEDEE6, #D6CEE6
Tetradic#CEE6D6, #CED2E6, #E6CEDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F6F0
Darker −10%#D5CEAC
Darker −20%#C4BA8A
Darker −30%#B2A669
Darker −40%#9A8D4E
More saturated +25%#EFE8C5
Less saturated −25%#DDDCD7

Channel breakdown

R230
G226
B206
Red230 (90.2%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue50°
Saturation (HSL)32.43%
Lightness85.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G E2 · B CE

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