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Recognised as Colour

#E9DCA2

  • #E9DCA2
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E9DCA2 is a yellow with RGB values 233, 220, 162 and HSL 49°, 62%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E9DCA2#E9DCA2
HEX#E9DCA2
RGBrgb(233, 220, 162)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8627, 0.6353
RGB percentages91.4%, 86.3%, 63.5%
HSLhsl(49, 61.7%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49, 30.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 5.6%, 30.5%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,326,370
CSS custom property--colour: #E9DCA2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71119WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.22:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#16235D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8D99Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#EBDDA4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F4D4CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.9Wheat · ΔE 8.6Moccasin · ΔE 8.7Navajo white · ΔE 9.2Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.9Bisque · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.87, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2AFE9
Analogous#E9B9A2, #D2E9A2
Triadic#A2E9DC, #DCA2E9
Split complementary#A2D2E9, #B9A2E9
Tetradic#A2E9B9, #A2AFE9, #E9A2D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFBF4
Lighter +10%#F3ECCB
Darker −10%#DFCC79
Darker −20%#D5BD50
Darker −30%#C4A82E
Darker −40%#9A8525
More saturated +25%#F7E594
Less saturated −25%#DBD3B0

Channel breakdown

R233
G220
B162
Red233 (91.4%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue162 (63.5%)
Hue49.01°
Saturation (HSL)61.74%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G DC · B A2

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