Colour

#E8DDB1

#E8DDB1
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E8DDB1 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 221, 177 and HSL 48°, 54%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E8DDB1#E8DDB1

HEX#E8DDB1

RGBrgb(232, 221, 177)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8667, 0.6941

RGB percentages91%, 86.7%, 69.4%

HSLhsl(48, 54.5%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 23.7%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 4.7%, 23.7%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,261,105

CSS custom property--colour: #E8DDB1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72043WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.41:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#17224E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6DAAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9DEB2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F1D6D1no 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 text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 4.9 Moccasin · ΔE 7.5 Bisque · ΔE 9.4 Navajo white · ΔE 9.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.6 Blanched almond · ΔE 9.9

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 4.9, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B1BCE8

Analogous#E8C2B1, #D8E8B1

Triadic#B1E8DD, #DDB1E8

Split complementary#B1D8E8, #C2B1E8

Tetradic#B1E8C2, #B1BCE8, #E8B1D8

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%#DCCC8A

Darker −20%#D1BB62

Darker −30%#C5A93B

Darker −40%#9E882F

More saturated +25%#F5E5A4

Less saturated −25%#DBD5BE

Channel breakdown

R232

G221

B177

Red232 (91%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue177 (69.4%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)54.46%

Lightness80.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G DD · B B1

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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