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Recognised as Colour

#E6E6DF

  • #E6E6DF
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#E6E6DF is a yellow with RGB values 230, 230, 223 and HSL 60°, 12%, 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

#E6E6DF#E6E6DF
HEX#E6E6DF
RGBrgb(230, 230, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.902, 0.8745
RGB percentages90.2%, 90.2%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(60, 12.3%, 88.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(60, 3%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 0%, 3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,132,383
CSS custom property--colour: #E6E6DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78744WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.75:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#191920

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E5DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8E6DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E7E5E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.9Linen · ΔE 5.7White smoke · ΔE 6.5Sea shell · ΔE 7Light grey · ΔE 7.5Old lace · ΔE 7.5
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.94, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFDFE6
Analogous#E6E3DF, #E3E6DF
Triadic#DFE6E6, #E6DFE6
Split complementary#DFE3E6, #E3DFE6
Tetradic#DFE6E3, #DFDFE6, #E6DFE3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCFCFC
Darker −10%#D0D0C2
Darker −20%#B9B9A6
Darker −30%#A3A389
Darker −40%#8C8C6D
More saturated +25%#EDEDD8
Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R230
G230
B223
Red230 (90.2%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue60°
Saturation (HSL)12.28%
Lightness88.82%
Dominant channelRed and Green
Hex per channelR E6 · G E6 · B DF

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