Colour

#E6EAAE

#E6EAAE
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E6EAAE is a yellow with RGB values 230, 234, 174 and HSL 64°, 59%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#E6EAAE

RGBrgb(230, 234, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.9176, 0.6824

RGB percentages90.2%, 91.8%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(64, 58.8%, 80%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64, 25.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK1.7%, 0%, 25.6%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,133,358

CSS custom property--colour: #E6EAAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.74:1

Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#191551

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3E4AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4E6B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EEE3DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.5 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 text16.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.1 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.7 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.2 Wheat · ΔE 13.3 Moccasin · ΔE 13.5 Navajo white · ΔE 15.4

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.09, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B2AEEA

Analogous#EAD0AE, #C8EAAE

Triadic#AEE6EA, #EAAEE6

Split complementary#AEC8EA, #D0AEEA

Tetradic#AEEAD0, #B2AEEA, #EAAEC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F3F5D7

Darker −10%#DAE085

Darker −20%#CDD55D

Darker −30%#C1CB35

Darker −40%#9AA22A

More saturated +25%#F1F7A1

Less saturated −25%#DBDDBB

Channel breakdown

R230

G234

B174

Red230 (90.2%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue64°

Saturation (HSL)58.82%

Lightness80%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E6 · G EA · B AE

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