Recognised as Colour

#E9D996

#E9D996
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E9D996 is a yellow with RGB values 233, 217, 150 and HSL 48°, 65%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#E9D996

RGBrgb(233, 217, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.851, 0.5882

RGB percentages91.4%, 85.1%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(48.4, 65.4%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 35.6%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 6.9%, 35.6%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,325,590

CSS custom property--colour: #E9D996;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69151WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.83:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#162669

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6D691no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBDB98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F5CFC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.9 Navajo white · ΔE 11.5 Khaki · ΔE 11.7 Moccasin · ΔE 12 Wheat · ΔE 12.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.6

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)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#96A6E9

Analogous#E9AF96, #D0E996

Triadic#96E9D9, #D996E9

Split complementary#96D0E9, #AF96E9

Tetradic#96E9AF, #96A6E9, #E996D0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF8EA

Lighter +10%#F2E8C0

Darker −10%#E0CA6C

Darker −20%#D7BA42

Darker −30%#BEA128

Darker −40%#947D1F

More saturated +25%#F9E386

Less saturated −25%#D9CFA6

Channel breakdown

R233

G217

B150

Red233 (91.4%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue48.43°

Saturation (HSL)65.35%

Lightness75.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G D9 · B 96

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