Recognised as Colour
#E6C665
- #E6C665
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Khaki
#E6C665 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 198, 101 and HSL 45°, 72%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.
Colour values
#E6C665#E6C665
HEX#E6C665
RGBrgb(230, 198, 101)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.7765, 0.3961
RGB percentages90.2%, 77.6%, 39.6%
HSLhsl(45.1, 72.1%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.1, 56.1%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 13.9%, 56.1%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,124,069
CSS custom property--colour: #E6C665;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.58151WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.63:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#19399A
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#6585E6
Analogous#E68665, #C6E665
Triadic#65E6C6, #C665E6
Split complementary#65C6E6, #8565E6
Tetradic#65E685, #6585E6, #E665C6
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R230
G198
B101
Red230 (90.2%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue101 (39.6%)
Hue45.12°
Saturation (HSL)72.07%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G C6 · B 65
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