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Recognised as Colour

#E6C831

  • #E6C831
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gold

#E6C831 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 200, 49 and HSL 50°, 78%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E6C831#E6C831
HEX#E6C831
RGBrgb(230, 200, 49)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.7843, 0.1922
RGB percentages90.2%, 78.4%, 19.2%
HSLhsl(50.1, 78.4%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 78.7%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 13%, 78.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,124,529
CSS custom property--colour: #E6C831;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58353WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.67:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#1937CE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDC305no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5CD3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F9B8ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 15.5Goldenrod · ΔE 16.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.8Orange · ΔE 29.3Khaki · ΔE 30Yellow · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 15.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#314FE6
Analogous#E66D31, #AAE631
Triadic#31E6C8, #C831E6
Split complementary#31AAE6, #6D31E6
Tetradic#31E66D, #314FE6, #E631AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCF9E7
Lighter +30%#F7ECB9
Lighter +20%#F1E08C
Lighter +10%#ECD45E
Darker −10%#CBAE19
Darker −20%#9E8713
Darker −30%#70600E
Darker −40%#433908
More saturated +25%#FFD918
Less saturated −25%#C9B54E

Channel breakdown

R230
G200
B49
Red230 (90.2%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue49 (19.2%)
Hue50.06°
Saturation (HSL)78.35%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G C8 · B 31

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