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Recognised as Colour

#E9DBA0

  • #E9DBA0
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E9DBA0 is a yellow with RGB values 233, 219, 160 and HSL 48°, 62%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E9DBA0#E9DBA0
HEX#E9DBA0
RGBrgb(233, 219, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8588, 0.6275
RGB percentages91.4%, 85.9%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(48.5, 62.4%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 31.3%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 6%, 31.3%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,326,112
CSS custom property--colour: #E9DBA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70525WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.1:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#16245F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7D89Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#EBDDA2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F4D2CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.2Wheat · ΔE 8.9Moccasin · ΔE 8.9Navajo white · ΔE 9.2Lemon chiffon · ΔE 13.6Burlywood · ΔE 15
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A0AEE9
Analogous#E9B6A0, #D3E9A0
Triadic#A0E9DB, #DBA0E9
Split complementary#A0D3E9, #B7A0E9
Tetradic#A0E9B6, #A0AEE9, #E9A0D3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFAF3
Lighter +10%#F3EBC9
Darker −10%#DFCB77
Darker −20%#D6BC4D
Darker −30%#C3A62D
Darker −40%#998324
More saturated +25%#F8E491
Less saturated −25%#DAD2AF

Channel breakdown

R233
G219
B160
Red233 (91.4%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue48.49°
Saturation (HSL)62.39%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G DB · B A0

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