Colour

#E8DCB0

#E8DCB0
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E8DCB0 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 220, 176 and HSL 47°, 55%, 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

#E8DCB0#E8DCB0

HEX#E8DCB0

RGBrgb(232, 220, 176)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8627, 0.6902

RGB percentages91%, 86.3%, 69%

HSLhsl(47.1, 54.9%, 80%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.1, 24.1%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 5.2%, 24.1%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,260,848

CSS custom property--colour: #E8DCB0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71477WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.3:1

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

Contrast with black15.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#17234F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5DAADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9DEB1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F1D5D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 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 text15.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 4.6 Moccasin · ΔE 7.3 Navajo white · ΔE 9.2 Bisque · ΔE 9.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.7 Blanched almond · ΔE 10

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 4.61, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B0BCE8

Analogous#E8C0B0, #D8E8B0

Triadic#B0E8DC, #DCB0E8

Split complementary#B0D8E8, #C0B0E8

Tetradic#B0E8C0, #B0BCE8, #E8B0D8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4EED8

Darker −10%#DDCB88

Darker −20%#D1B961

Darker −30%#C6A839

Darker −40%#9E862E

More saturated +25%#F5E3A3

Less saturated −25%#DBD5BD

Channel breakdown

R232

G220

B176

Red232 (91%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue176 (69%)

Hue47.14°

Saturation (HSL)54.9%

Lightness80%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G DC · B B0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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