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Recognised as Colour

#EBE8DB

  • #EBE8DB
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Linen

#EBE8DB is a yellow with RGB values 235, 232, 219 and HSL 49°, 29%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Linen.

Colour values

#EBE8DB#EBE8DB
HEX#EBE8DB
RGBrgb(235, 232, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.9098, 0.8588
RGB percentages92.2%, 91%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(48.8, 28.6%, 89%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 6.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK0%, 1.3%, 6.8%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,460,571
CSS custom property--colour: #EBE8DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8049WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.1:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#141724

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBE7DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#ECE8DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#EEE6E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Linen · ΔE 4.5Old lace · ΔE 5.3Antique white · ΔE 6Sea shell · ΔE 6.6Floral white · ΔE 6.7Beige · ΔE 7.4
Nearest named CSS colourLinen (#FAF0E6)ΔE 4.52, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBDEEB
Analogous#EBE0DB, #E6EBDB
Triadic#DBEBE8, #E8DBEB
Split complementary#DBE6EB, #E0DBEB
Tetradic#DBEBE0, #DBDEEB, #EBDBE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFDFC
Darker −10%#D9D3BA
Darker −20%#C7BE99
Darker −30%#B4A979
Darker −40%#A19359
More saturated +25%#F2ECD4
Less saturated −25%#E4E4E2

Channel breakdown

R235
G232
B219
Red235 (92.2%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue48.75°
Saturation (HSL)28.57%
Lightness89.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EB · G E8 · B DB

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