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Recognised as Colour

#E8DB99

  • #E8DB99
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E8DB99 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 219, 153 and HSL 50°, 63%, 75%. 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

#E8DB99#E8DB99
HEX#E8DB99
RGBrgb(232, 219, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8588, 0.6
RGB percentages91%, 85.9%, 60%
HSLhsl(50.1, 63.2%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 34.1%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 5.6%, 34.1%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,260,569
CSS custom property--colour: #E8DB99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70119WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.02:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#172466

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8D794no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#EBDC9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F4D2CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 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 text15.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.6Navajo white · ΔE 11.7Moccasin · ΔE 11.8Khaki · ΔE 12Wheat · ΔE 12.3Dark khaki · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99A6E8
Analogous#E8B399, #CEE899
Triadic#99E8DB, #DB99E8
Split complementary#99CEE8, #B399E8
Tetradic#99E8B3, #99A6E8, #E899CE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBF8EC
Lighter +10%#F1EAC3
Darker −10%#DFCC6F
Darker −20%#D5BE46
Darker −30%#BDA52B
Darker −40%#948121
More saturated +25%#F8E589
Less saturated −25%#D8D1A9

Channel breakdown

R232
G219
B153
Red232 (91%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue50.13°
Saturation (HSL)63.2%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G DB · B 99

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