Recognised as Colour
#E6C906
- #E6C906
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#E6C906 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 201, 6 and HSL 52°, 95%, 46%. 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
#E6C906#E6C906
HEX#E6C906
RGBrgb(230, 201, 6)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.7882, 0.0235
RGB percentages90.2%, 78.8%, 2.4%
HSLhsl(52.2, 94.9%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 97.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 12.6%, 97.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,124,742
CSS custom property--colour: #E6C906;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.58609WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.72:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#1936F9
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0623E6
Analogous#E65906, #93E606
Triadic#06E6C9, #C906E6
Split complementary#0693E6, #5906E6
Tetradic#06E659, #0623E6, #E60693
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R230
G201
B6
Red230 (90.2%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue6 (2.4%)
Hue52.23°
Saturation (HSL)94.92%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G C9 · B 06
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