Recognised as Colour
#E2C106
- #E2C106
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#E2C106 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 193, 6 and HSL 51°, 95%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#E2C106#E2C106
HEX#E2C106
RGBrgb(226, 193, 6)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.7569, 0.0235
RGB percentages88.6%, 75.7%, 2.4%
HSLhsl(51, 94.8%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51, 97.3%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 14.6%, 97.3%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,860,550
CSS custom property--colour: #E2C106;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.54322WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.86:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#1D3EF9
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0627E2
Analogous#E25306, #95E206
Triadic#06E2C1, #C106E2
Split complementary#0695E2, #5306E2
Tetradic#06E253, #0627E2, #E20695
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R226
G193
B6
Red226 (88.6%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue6 (2.4%)
Hue51°
Saturation (HSL)94.83%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G C1 · B 06
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