Recognised as Colour

#E7DEA4

#E7DEA4
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E7DEA4 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 222, 164 and HSL 52°, 58%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E7DEA4#E7DEA4

HEX#E7DEA4

RGBrgb(231, 222, 164)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8706, 0.6431

RGB percentages90.6%, 87.1%, 64.3%

HSLhsl(51.9, 58.3%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 29%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 3.9%, 29%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,195,812

CSS custom property--colour: #E7DEA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71912WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.38:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#18215B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9DAA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECDEA6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F1D6CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 3.9 Wheat · ΔE 9.2 Moccasin · ΔE 9.6 Navajo white · ΔE 10.5 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.2 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 14.1

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 3.86, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A4ADE7

Analogous#E7BCA4, #CFE7A4

Triadic#A4E7DE, #DEA4E7

Split complementary#A4CFE7, #BCA4E7

Tetradic#A4E7BD, #A4ADE7, #E7A4CF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFBF5

Lighter +10%#F2EDCC

Darker −10%#DCCF7C

Darker −20%#D2C153

Darker −30%#BFAD33

Darker −40%#978828

More saturated +25%#F5E996

Less saturated −25%#D9D3B2

Channel breakdown

R231

G222

B164

Red231 (90.6%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue164 (64.3%)

Hue51.94°

Saturation (HSL)58.26%

Lightness77.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G DE · B A4

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