Colour

#E8DAA2

#E8DAA2
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E8DAA2 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 218, 162 and HSL 48°, 60%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E8DAA2#E8DAA2

HEX#E8DAA2

RGBrgb(232, 218, 162)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8549, 0.6353

RGB percentages91%, 85.5%, 63.5%

HSLhsl(48, 60.3%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 30.2%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 30.2%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,260,322

CSS custom property--colour: #E8DAA2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.98:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#17255D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5D79Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9DCA4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F3D2CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.9 Wheat · ΔE 7.7 Moccasin · ΔE 8.2 Navajo white · ΔE 8.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 13 Bisque · ΔE 14

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.89, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A2B0E8

Analogous#E8B7A2, #D3E8A2

Triadic#A2E8DA, #DAA2E8

Split complementary#A2D3E8, #B7A2E8

Tetradic#A2E8B7, #A2B0E8, #E8A2D3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFBF4

Lighter +10%#F2EACB

Darker −10%#DECA79

Darker −20%#D4B950

Darker −30%#C1A430

Darker −40%#988126

More saturated +25%#F6E393

Less saturated −25%#D9D1B0

Channel breakdown

R232

G218

B162

Red232 (91%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue162 (63.5%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)60.34%

Lightness77.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G DA · B A2

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