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Recognised as Colour

#E7E298

  • #E7E298
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E7E298 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 226, 152 and HSL 56°, 62%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E7E298#E7E298
HEX#E7E298
RGBrgb(231, 226, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8863, 0.5961
RGB percentages90.6%, 88.6%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(56.2, 62.2%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.2, 34.2%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 2.2%, 34.2%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,196,824
CSS custom property--colour: #E7E298;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73649WCAG 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 15.73:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#181D67

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EEDD93no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#F1E19Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F2D9CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.6Khaki · ΔE 8.3Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6Moccasin · ΔE 15.9Navajo white · ΔE 16.2Wheat · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#989DE7
Analogous#E7BA98, #C5E798
Triadic#98E7E2, #E298E7
Split complementary#98C5E7, #BA98E7
Tetradic#98E7BA, #989DE7, #E798C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAF9EB
Lighter +10%#F1EEC1
Darker −10%#DDD66F
Darker −20%#D4CB45
Darker −30%#BBB12B
Darker −40%#918A22
More saturated +25%#F7F088
Less saturated −25%#D7D4A8

Channel breakdown

R231
G226
B152
Red231 (90.6%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue56.2°
Saturation (HSL)62.2%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G E2 · B 98

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