Recognised as Colour

#E4CE56

#E4CE56
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E4CE56 is a yellow with RGB values 228, 206, 86 and HSL 51°, 72%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#E4CE56

RGBrgb(228, 206, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.8078, 0.3373

RGB percentages89.4%, 80.8%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(50.7, 72.4%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 62.3%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 9.6%, 62.3%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,995,030

CSS custom property--colour: #E4CE56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61308WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.26:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#1B31A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0C948no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6D15Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F5C0B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.5 Gold · ΔE 27.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#566CE4

Analogous#E48756, #B3E456

Triadic#56E4CE, #CE56E4

Split complementary#56B3E4, #8756E4

Tetradic#56E487, #566CE4, #E456B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F4DA

Lighter +20%#F2E7AE

Lighter +10%#EBDB82

Darker −10%#DDC12A

Darker −20%#B79F1D

Darker −30%#8B7916

Darker −40%#5F520F

More saturated +25%#FDDF3E

Less saturated −25%#CCBD6F

Channel breakdown

R228

G206

B86

Red228 (89.4%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue50.7°

Saturation (HSL)72.45%

Lightness61.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G CE · B 56

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Colour harmonies

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