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Recognised as Colour

#E7E69C

  • #E7E69C
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E7E69C is a yellow with RGB values 231, 230, 156 and HSL 59°, 61%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E7E69C#E7E69C
HEX#E7E69C
RGBrgb(231, 230, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.902, 0.6118
RGB percentages90.6%, 90.2%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(59.2, 61%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.2, 32.5%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 32.5%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,197,852
CSS custom property--colour: #E7E69C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75983WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.2:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#181963

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2E097no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#F3E39Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F1DDD3no 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 text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.4Khaki · ΔE 8.9Moccasin · ΔE 16.6Dark khaki · ΔE 16.9Lemon chiffon · ΔE 16.9Navajo white · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C9DE7
Analogous#E7C19C, #C3E79C
Triadic#9CE7E6, #E69CE7
Split complementary#9CC2E7, #C19CE7
Tetradic#9CE7C1, #9C9DE7, #E79CC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFBEE
Lighter +10%#F1F0C5
Darker −10%#DDDC73
Darker −20%#D3D14A
Darker −30%#BCBA2E
Darker −40%#939224
More saturated +25%#F6F58D
Less saturated −25%#D8D7AB

Channel breakdown

R231
G230
B156
Red231 (90.6%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue59.2°
Saturation (HSL)60.98%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G E6 · B 9C

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