Colour
#E7E6E1
- #E7E6E1
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gainsboro
#E7E6E1 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 230, 225 and HSL 50°, 11%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.
Colour values
#E7E6E1#E7E6E1
HEX#E7E6E1
RGBrgb(231, 230, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.902, 0.8824
RGB percentages90.6%, 90.2%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(50, 11.1%, 89.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50, 2.6%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 2.6%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,197,921
CSS custom property--colour: #E7E6E1;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.79019WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.8:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#18191E
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E1E2E7
Analogous#E7E3E1, #E5E7E1
Triadic#E1E7E6, #E6E1E7
Split complementary#E1E5E7, #E3E1E7
Tetradic#E1E7E3, #E1E2E7, #E7E1E5
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R231
G230
B225
Red231 (90.6%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue50°
Saturation (HSL)11.11%
Lightness89.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G E6 · B E1
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