Recognised as Colour

#E7E4B7

#E7E4B7
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E7E4B7 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 228, 183 and HSL 56°, 50%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E7E4B7#E7E4B7

HEX#E7E4B7

RGBrgb(231, 228, 183)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8941, 0.7176

RGB percentages90.6%, 89.4%, 71.8%

HSLhsl(56.3, 50%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.3, 20.8%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 1.3%, 20.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,197,367

CSS custom property--colour: #E7E4B7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.18:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#181B48

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECE0B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#EEE3B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Tritanopia#EFDED8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 7.9 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 7.9 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 8.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.8 Moccasin · ΔE 9.7 Blanched almond · ΔE 10.7

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 7.87, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B7BAE7

Analogous#E7CCB7, #D2E7B7

Triadic#B7E7E4, #E4B7E7

Split complementary#B7D2E7, #CCB7E7

Tetradic#B7E7CC, #B7BAE7, #E7B7D2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4F2DD

Darker −10%#DAD691

Darker −20%#CEC76A

Darker −30%#C1B944

Darker −40%#9E9735

More saturated +25%#F3EFAB

Less saturated −25%#DBDAC3

Channel breakdown

R231

G228

B183

Red231 (90.6%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue183 (71.8%)

Hue56.25°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness81.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G E4 · B B7

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