Colour

#E1D646

#E1D646
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E1D646 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 214, 70 and HSL 56°, 72%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

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HEX#E1D646

RGBrgb(225, 214, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8392, 0.2745

RGB percentages88.2%, 83.9%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(55.7, 72.1%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.7, 68.9%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 4.9%, 68.9%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,800,454

CSS custom property--colour: #E1D646;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64543WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.91:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#1E29B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8CF30no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD550no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F1C8B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 21.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.9 Khaki · ΔE 24.9 Yellow green · ΔE 26.8 Yellow · ΔE 30.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 21.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4651E1

Analogous#E18946, #9EE146

Triadic#46E1D6, #D646E1

Split complementary#469EE1, #8846E1

Tetradic#46E189, #4651E1, #E1469F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFDF6

Lighter +30%#F6F3CA

Lighter +20%#EFE99E

Lighter +10%#E8E072

Darker −10%#D2C522

Darker −20%#A69C1B

Darker −30%#7A7314

Darker −40%#4E4A0D

More saturated +25%#FCED2B

Less saturated −25%#C6BF61

Channel breakdown

R225

G214

B70

Red225 (88.2%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue55.74°

Saturation (HSL)72.09%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G D6 · B 46

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Colour values

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