Recognised as Colour
#E7DEB4
- #E7DEB4
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Wheat
#E7DEB4 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 222, 180 and HSL 49°, 52%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.
Colour values
#E7DEB4#E7DEB4
HEX#E7DEB4
RGBrgb(231, 222, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8706, 0.7059
RGB percentages90.6%, 87.1%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(49.4, 51.5%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 22.1%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 3.9%, 22.1%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,195,828
CSS custom property--colour: #E7DEB4;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.72527WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.51:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#18214B
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#B4BDE7
Analogous#E7C5B4, #D7E7B4
Triadic#B4E7DE, #DEB4E7
Split complementary#B4D7E7, #C5B4E7
Tetradic#B4E7C4, #B4BDE7, #E7B4D6
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R231
G222
B180
Red231 (90.6%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue49.41°
Saturation (HSL)51.52%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G DE · B B4
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