Recognised as Colour

#E8DCAE

#E8DCAE
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E8DCAE is a yellow with RGB values 232, 220, 174 and HSL 48°, 56%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E8DCAE#E8DCAE

HEX#E8DCAE

RGBrgb(232, 220, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8627, 0.6824

RGB percentages91%, 86.3%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(47.6, 55.8%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.6, 25%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 5.2%, 25%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,260,846

CSS custom property--colour: #E8DCAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.28:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#172351

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6D9ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9DEAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F1D5CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 4.8 Moccasin · ΔE 7.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.8 Navajo white · ΔE 8.9 Bisque · ΔE 10 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.4

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 4.8, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AEBAE8

Analogous#E8BFAE, #D7E8AE

Triadic#AEE8DC, #DCAEE8

Split complementary#AED7E8, #BFAEE8

Tetradic#AEE8BF, #AEBAE8, #E8AED7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFEFD

Lighter +10%#F3EDD6

Darker −10%#DDCB86

Darker −20%#D1BA5F

Darker −30%#C5A838

Darker −40%#9D862D

More saturated +25%#F5E4A1

Less saturated −25%#DBD4BB

Channel breakdown

R232

G220

B174

Red232 (91%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue47.59°

Saturation (HSL)55.77%

Lightness79.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G DC · B AE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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