Recognised as Colour

#E6C25B

#E6C25B
Orange
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E6C25B is a orange with RGB values 230, 194, 91 and HSL 44°, 74%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E6C25B#E6C25B

HEX#E6C25B

RGBrgb(230, 194, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.7608, 0.3569

RGB percentages90.2%, 76.1%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(44.5, 73.5%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(44.5, 60.4%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 15.7%, 60.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,123,035

CSS custom property--colour: #E6C25B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.23:1

Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#193DA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5C050no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DECA5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F7B4ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 17.6 Khaki · ΔE 18 Dark khaki · ΔE 20 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.4 Sandy brown · ΔE 24.3 Burlywood · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 17.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B7FE6

Analogous#E67C5B, #C4E65B

Triadic#5BE6C2, #C25BE6

Split complementary#5BC4E6, #7D5BE6

Tetradic#5BE67C, #5B7FE6, #E65BC4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF3E0

Lighter +20%#F3E3B4

Lighter +10%#EDD287

Darker −10%#DFB22F

Darker −20%#BE941D

Darker −30%#927216

Darker −40%#664F0F

More saturated +25%#FECD43

Less saturated −25%#CEB773

Channel breakdown

R230

G194

B91

Red230 (90.2%)

Green194 (76.1%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue44.46°

Saturation (HSL)73.54%

Lightness62.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G C2 · B 5B

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