Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#E6E5E1

  • #E6E5E1
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E6E5E1 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 229, 225 and HSL 48°, 9%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#E6E5E1#E6E5E1
HEX#E6E5E1
RGBrgb(230, 229, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.898, 0.8824
RGB percentages90.2%, 89.8%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(48, 9.1%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48, 2.2%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 2.2%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,132,129
CSS custom property--colour: #E6E5E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.66:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#191A1E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E5E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6E5E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Tritanopia#E7E4E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.8White smoke · ΔE 6Linen · ΔE 6.3Light grey · ΔE 6.7Sea shell · ΔE 7.1Snow · ΔE 8.1
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.79, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1E2E6
Analogous#E6E3E1, #E5E6E1
Triadic#E1E6E5, #E5E1E6
Split complementary#E1E5E6, #E3E1E6
Tetradic#E1E6E3, #E1E2E6, #E6E1E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFDFD
Darker −10%#CFCDC5
Darker −20%#B8B5A9
Darker −30%#A09D8E
Darker −40%#898472
More saturated +25%#EDE9DA
Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R230
G229
B225
Red230 (90.2%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue48°
Saturation (HSL)9.09%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G E5 · B E1

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “e6e5e1” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.