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Recognised as Colour

#E9DA9C

  • #E9DA9C
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E9DA9C is a yellow with RGB values 233, 218, 156 and HSL 48°, 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

#E9DA9C#E9DA9C
HEX#E9DA9C
RGBrgb(233, 218, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8549, 0.6118
RGB percentages91.4%, 85.5%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(48.3, 63.6%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 33%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 6.4%, 33%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,325,852
CSS custom property--colour: #E9DA9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.97:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#162563

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6D798no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#EBDC9Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F5D1CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.8 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 text14.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.6Navajo white · ΔE 9.9Moccasin · ΔE 10Wheat · ΔE 10.3Khaki · ΔE 14Lemon chiffon · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9CABE9
Analogous#E9B49C, #D2E99C
Triadic#9CE9DA, #DA9CE9
Split complementary#9CD2E9, #B49CE9
Tetradic#9CE9B3, #9CABE9, #E99CD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCF9EF
Lighter +10%#F2EAC6
Darker −10%#E0CA72
Darker −20%#D6BB49
Darker −30%#C1A42B
Darker −40%#978022
More saturated +25%#F8E38D
Less saturated −25%#DAD1AB

Channel breakdown

R233
G218
B156
Red233 (91.4%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue48.31°
Saturation (HSL)63.64%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G DA · B 9C

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