Information about Light Amber color

#E7D08B - Light Amber color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #E7D08B, known as "Light Amber", is classified in the Register under the Yellow Color Family, with High Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(231, 208, 139) — 90.6% red, 81.6% green, 54.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 9 / 36 / 9. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A strongly colored golden yellow, #E7D08B appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Light Gamboge (#E7C58B). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Mellow Yellow (#EAD895) and Marzipan (#EBC881).

The recipe behind #E7D08B is rgb(231, 208, 139), with red as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #E7D08B background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 13.8:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.5:1. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Light Amber" in the Register.

Light Amber color variations

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

Light Amber 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 Light Amber

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Marzipan color link
Marzipan

#EBC881

Primrose color link
Primrose

#E4DE8E

New Orleans color link
New Orleans

#E4C385

Pastel Gold color link
Pastel Gold

#E7D27C

Sandbar color link
Sandbar

#E2C385

Chamois color link
Chamois

#E8CD9A

Lemon Twist color link
Lemon Twist

#D7CF8C

Flax color link
Flax

#EEDC82

Cherokee color link
Cherokee

#F5CD82

Light Amber color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E7D08B
  • RGB231, 208, 139
  • CMYK0, 9, 36, 9
  • CSSrgb(231, 208, 139)
  • HSL45°, 66%, 73%
  • HSL Precise45°, 65.714%, 72.549%
  • HSV45°, 40%, 91%
  • HSB45°, 40%, 91%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.906
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.816
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.545
  • GLSLvec3(0.906, 0.816, 0.545)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.906, 0.816, 0.545, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.906, 0.816, 0.545)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB90.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB81.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB54.5%
  • Color Family (Hue)Yellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDE7D08B
  • DECIMAL ID15192203
  • Name Length11
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