Colour

#E9DA9A

#E9DA9A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E9DA9A is a yellow with RGB values 233, 218, 154 and HSL 49°, 64%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E9DA9A#E9DA9A

HEX#E9DA9A

RGBrgb(233, 218, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8549, 0.6039

RGB percentages91.4%, 85.5%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(48.6, 64.2%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 33.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 6.4%, 33.9%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,325,850

CSS custom property--colour: #E9DA9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.698WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.96:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#162565

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7D796no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBDC9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F5D1C9no 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 text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.9 Navajo white · ΔE 10.5 Moccasin · ΔE 10.8 Wheat · ΔE 11.2 Khaki · ΔE 13 Burlywood · ΔE 15.3

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.86, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9AA9E9

Analogous#E9B29A, #D0E99A

Triadic#9AE9DA, #DA9AE9

Split complementary#9AD0E9, #B39AE9

Tetradic#9AE9B3, #9AA9E9, #E99AD0

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%#E0CB70

Darker −20%#D7BB46

Darker −30%#C0A42A

Darker −40%#968021

More saturated +25%#F8E48B

Less saturated −25%#DAD0A9

Channel breakdown

R233

G218

B154

Red233 (91.4%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue48.61°

Saturation (HSL)64.23%

Lightness75.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G DA · B 9A

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