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Recognised as Colour

#E9D99A

  • #E9D99A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E9D99A is a yellow with RGB values 233, 217, 154 and HSL 48°, 64%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E9D99A#E9D99A
HEX#E9D99A
RGBrgb(233, 217, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.851, 0.6039
RGB percentages91.4%, 85.1%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(47.8, 64.2%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.8, 33.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 6.9%, 33.9%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,325,594
CSS custom property--colour: #E9D99A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69282WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.86:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#162665

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6D696no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#EADB9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F5D0C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.2Navajo white · ΔE 10.1Moccasin · ΔE 10.4Wheat · ΔE 10.8Khaki · ΔE 13.6Burlywood · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9AAAE9
Analogous#E9B29A, #D2E99A
Triadic#9AE9D9, #D99AE9
Split complementary#9AD1E9, #B29AE9
Tetradic#9AE9B2, #9AAAE9, #E99AD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBF9EE
Lighter +10%#F2E9C4
Darker −10%#E0C970
Darker −20%#D7B946
Darker −30%#C0A22A
Darker −40%#967E21
More saturated +25%#F8E28B
Less saturated −25%#DAD0A9

Channel breakdown

R233
G217
B154
Red233 (91.4%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue47.85°
Saturation (HSL)64.23%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G D9 · B 9A

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