Colour

#E6EAAF

#E6EAAF
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E6EAAF is a yellow with RGB values 230, 234, 175 and HSL 64°, 58%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E6EAAF#E6EAAF

HEX#E6EAAF

RGBrgb(230, 234, 175)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.9176, 0.6863

RGB percentages90.2%, 91.8%, 68.6%

HSLhsl(64.1, 58.4%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64.1, 25.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK1.7%, 0%, 25.2%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,133,359

CSS custom property--colour: #E6EAAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78764WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.8 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#191550

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3E5ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4E7B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Tritanopia#EEE3DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 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

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.3 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.3 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 11.8 Wheat · ΔE 13 Moccasin · ΔE 13.3 Navajo white · ΔE 15.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.26, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B3AFEA

Analogous#EAD0AF, #C9EAAF

Triadic#AFE6EA, #EAAFE6

Split complementary#AFC9EA, #D1AFEA

Tetradic#AFEAD0, #B3AFEA, #EAAFC9

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%#D9DF87

Darker −20%#CDD55E

Darker −30%#C0CA36

Darker −40%#9AA22B

More saturated +25%#F1F7A2

Less saturated −25%#DBDDBC

Channel breakdown

R230

G234

B175

Red230 (90.2%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue175 (68.6%)

Hue64.07°

Saturation (HSL)58.42%

Lightness80.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E6 · G EA · B AF

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