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Recognised as Colour

#E7E39B

  • #E7E39B
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E7E39B is a yellow with RGB values 231, 227, 155 and HSL 57°, 61%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E7E39B#E7E39B
HEX#E7E39B
RGBrgb(231, 227, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8902, 0.6078
RGB percentages90.6%, 89%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(56.8, 61.3%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.8, 32.9%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 1.7%, 32.9%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,197,083
CSS custom property--colour: #E7E39B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74294WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.86:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#181C64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EFDE96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#F1E19Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F2DAD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.6Khaki · ΔE 9.3Moccasin · ΔE 15.3Navajo white · ΔE 15.8Wheat · ΔE 16Dark khaki · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B9FE7
Analogous#E7BD9B, #C5E79B
Triadic#9BE7E3, #E39BE7
Split complementary#9BC5E7, #BD9BE7
Tetradic#9BE7BD, #9B9FE7, #E79BC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFAED
Lighter +10%#F1EFC4
Darker −10%#DDD772
Darker −20%#D3CC49
Darker −30%#BCB42D
Darker −40%#938D23
More saturated +25%#F6F18B
Less saturated −25%#D8D5AB

Channel breakdown

R231
G227
B155
Red231 (90.6%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue56.84°
Saturation (HSL)61.29%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G E3 · B 9B

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