Recognised as Colour

#E0CE60

#E0CE60
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E0CE60 is a yellow with RGB values 224, 206, 96 and HSL 52°, 67%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E0CE60#E0CE60

HEX#E0CE60

RGBrgb(224, 206, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.8078, 0.3765

RGB percentages87.8%, 80.8%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(51.6, 67.4%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 57.1%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 8%, 57.1%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,732,896

CSS custom property--colour: #E0CE60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60834WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.17:1

Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#1F319F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFC955no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4D065no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F0C1B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 19 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.5 Burlywood · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6072E0

Analogous#E08E60, #B2E060

Triadic#60E0CE, #CE60E0

Split complementary#60B2E0, #8E60E0

Tetradic#60E08E, #6072E0, #E060B2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F5E0

Lighter +20%#F1E8B5

Lighter +10%#E8DB8B

Darker −10%#D8C135

Darker −20%#B6A224

Darker −30%#8C7C1B

Darker −40%#615613

More saturated +25%#F8DF48

Less saturated −25%#C8BD78

Channel breakdown

R224

G206

B96

Red224 (87.8%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue51.56°

Saturation (HSL)67.37%

Lightness62.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G CE · B 60

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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