Recognised as Colour

#E8DA96

#E8DA96
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E8DA96 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 218, 150 and HSL 50°, 64%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#E8DA96

RGBrgb(232, 218, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8549, 0.5882

RGB percentages91%, 85.5%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(49.8, 64.1%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 35.3%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 35.3%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,260,310

CSS custom property--colour: #E8DA96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69501WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.9:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#172569

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7D691no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBDB98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F4D1C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.6 Khaki · ΔE 11.1 Navajo white · ΔE 12.2 Moccasin · ΔE 12.6 Wheat · ΔE 13.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.5

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.57, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#96A4E8

Analogous#E8B196, #CDE896

Triadic#96E8DA, #DA96E8

Split complementary#96CDE8, #B196E8

Tetradic#96E8B1, #96A4E8, #E896CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF7EA

Lighter +10%#F1E9C0

Darker −10%#DFCB6C

Darker −20%#D6BD42

Darker −30%#BCA329

Darker −40%#927F20

More saturated +25%#F8E586

Less saturated −25%#D8CFA6

Channel breakdown

R232

G218

B150

Red232 (91%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue49.76°

Saturation (HSL)64.06%

Lightness74.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G DA · B 96

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