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Recognised as Colour

#E9DFAC

  • #E9DFAC
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E9DFAC is a yellow with RGB values 233, 223, 172 and HSL 50°, 58%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E9DFAC#E9DFAC
HEX#E9DFAC
RGBrgb(233, 223, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8745, 0.6745
RGB percentages91.4%, 87.5%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(50.2, 58.1%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 26.2%, 91.4%)
CMYK0%, 4.3%, 26.2%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,327,148
CSS custom property--colour: #E9DFAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73078WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.62:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#162053

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9DCA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#ECE0AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F3D8D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.1Wheat · ΔE 6.4Moccasin · ΔE 7.6Navajo white · ΔE 9.3Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.1Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 11.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.14, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACB6E9
Analogous#E9C1AC, #D5E9AC
Triadic#ACE9DF, #DFACE9
Split complementary#ACD5E9, #C1ACE9
Tetradic#ACE9C1, #ACB6E9, #E9ACD4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFD
Lighter +10%#F4EFD4
Darker −10%#DECF84
Darker −20%#D4C05B
Darker −30%#C7AF35
Darker −40%#9F8C2A
More saturated +25%#F6E89F
Less saturated −25%#DCD6B9

Channel breakdown

R233
G223
B172
Red233 (91.4%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue50.16°
Saturation (HSL)58.1%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E9 · G DF · B AC

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