Information about #E1E6CC color

#E1E6CC color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#E1E6CC falls into the Yellow Color Family — Mild Saturation, Luminous brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(225, 230, 204) — 88.2% red, 90.2% green, 80% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 2 / 0 / 10 / 10. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#E1E6CC presents itself as a softly balanced yellow — one that is nearly as bright as white. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Willow Brook (#DFE6CF). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Frost (#E1E4C5) and Quarter Parchment (#E6E1CF).

In RGB terms — rgb(225, 230, 204) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #E1E6CC: 16.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.3:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #E1E6CC is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#E1E6CC color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#E1E6CC color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #E1E6CC

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E1E6CC
  • RGB225, 230, 204
  • CMYK2, 0, 10, 10
  • CSSrgb(225, 230, 204)
  • HSL72°, 34%, 85%
  • HSL Precise71.538°, 34.211%, 85.098%
  • HSV72°, 11%, 90%
  • HSB72°, 11%, 90%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.882
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.902
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.800
  • GLSLvec3(0.882, 0.902, 0.800)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.882, 0.902, 0.800, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.882, 0.902, 0.800)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB88.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB90.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLuminous
  • HEX IDE1E6CC
  • DECIMAL ID14804684
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01