Colour
#CEC20B
- #CEC20B
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#CEC20B is a yellow with RGB values 206, 194, 11 and HSL 56°, 90%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#CEC20B#CEC20B
HEX#CEC20B
RGBrgb(206, 194, 11)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7608, 0.0431
RGB percentages80.8%, 76.1%, 4.3%
HSLhsl(56.3, 89.9%, 42.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.3, 94.7%, 80.8%)
CMYK0%, 5.8%, 94.7%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,550,091
CSS custom property--colour: #CEC20B;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.5173WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.35:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#313DF4
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0B17CE
Analogous#CE610B, #79CE0B
Triadic#0BCEC2, #C20BCE
Split complementary#0B79CE, #610BCE
Tetradic#0BCE60, #0B17CE, #CE0B78
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R206
G194
B11
Red206 (80.8%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue11 (4.3%)
Hue56.31°
Saturation (HSL)89.86%
Lightness42.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CE · G C2 · B 0B
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