Colour

#E8E2BA

#E8E2BA
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#E8E2BA is a yellow with RGB values 232, 226, 186 and HSL 52°, 50%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#E8E2BA#E8E2BA

HEX#E8E2BA

RGBrgb(232, 226, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8863, 0.7294

RGB percentages91%, 88.6%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(52.2, 50%, 82%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 19.8%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 2.6%, 19.8%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,262,394

CSS custom property--colour: #E8E2BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75094WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.02:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#171D45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EADFB8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECE2BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EFDCD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 6.9 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 8.3 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 8.5 Blanched almond · ΔE 8.6 Bisque · ΔE 9.3 Moccasin · ΔE 9.4

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BAC0E8

Analogous#E8CBBA, #D7E8BA

Triadic#BAE8E2, #E2BAE8

Split complementary#BAD7E8, #CBBAE8

Tetradic#BAE8CB, #BAC0E8, #E8BAD7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5F2E0

Darker −10%#DBD294

Darker −20%#CFC26D

Darker −30%#C2B247

Darker −40%#A19335

More saturated +25%#F4EBAF

Less saturated −25%#DCD9C5

Channel breakdown

R232

G226

B186

Red232 (91%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue52.17°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness81.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G E2 · B BA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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