Colour

#CEC540

#CEC540
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#CEC540 is a yellow with RGB values 206, 197, 64 and HSL 56°, 59%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#CEC540#CEC540

HEX#CEC540

RGBrgb(206, 197, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7725, 0.251

RGB percentages80.8%, 77.3%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(56.2, 59.2%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.2, 68.9%, 80.8%)

CMYK0%, 4.4%, 68.9%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,550,912

CSS custom property--colour: #CEC540;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53424WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.68:1

Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#313ABF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6BE2Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9C449no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Tritanopia#DDB8AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 22.4 Khaki · ΔE 23.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.9 Yellow green · ΔE 26 Gold · ΔE 26.3 Olive · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 22.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4049CE

Analogous#CE7E40, #90CE40

Triadic#40CEC5, #C540CE

Split complementary#4090CE, #7E40CE

Tetradic#40CE7E, #4049CE, #CE4090

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F8F6E2

Lighter +30%#EDEABA

Lighter +20%#E3DE91

Lighter +10%#D8D169

Darker −10%#AEA62D

Darker −20%#867F22

Darker −30%#5D5918

Darker −40%#35320D

More saturated +25%#ECDF22

Less saturated −25%#B0AB5E

Channel breakdown

R206

G197

B64

Red206 (80.8%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue56.2°

Saturation (HSL)59.17%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CE · G C5 · B 40

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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