Recognised as Colour
#E6E5D7
- #E6E5D7
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Linen
#E6E5D7 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 229, 215 and HSL 56°, 23%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Linen.
Colour values
#E6E5D7#E6E5D7
HEX#E6E5D7
RGBrgb(230, 229, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.898, 0.8431
RGB percentages90.2%, 89.8%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(56, 23.1%, 87.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56, 6.5%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 6.5%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,132,119
CSS custom property--colour: #E6E5D7;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.77768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.55:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#191A28
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#D7D8E6
Analogous#E6DED7, #E0E6D7
Triadic#D7E6E5, #E5D7E6
Split complementary#D7E0E6, #DED7E6
Tetradic#D7E6DE, #D7D8E6, #E6D7E0
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R230
G229
B215
Red230 (90.2%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue56°
Saturation (HSL)23.08%
Lightness87.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G E5 · B D7
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