Recognised as Colour

#E6CC7A

#E6CC7A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6CC7A is a yellow with RGB values 230, 204, 122 and HSL 46°, 68%, 69%. 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#E6CC7A

RGBrgb(230, 204, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8, 0.4784

RGB percentages90.2%, 80%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(45.6, 68.4%, 69%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.6, 47%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 11.3%, 47%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,125,626

CSS custom property--colour: #E6CC7A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.28:1

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

Contrast with black13.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#193385

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCC973no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3D17Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F5C0B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38 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 text13.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.6 Burlywood · ΔE 17.3 Navajo white · ΔE 18.5 Moccasin · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7A94E6

Analogous#E6967A, #CAE67A

Triadic#7AE6CC, #CC7AE6

Split complementary#7ACAE6, #967AE6

Tetradic#7AE696, #7A94E6, #E67ACA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFDFB

Lighter +20%#F6EDD0

Lighter +10%#EEDCA5

Darker −10%#DEBC4F

Darker −20%#D2A928

Darker −30%#A8871F

Darker −40%#7D6417

More saturated +25%#FAD666

Less saturated −25%#D2C28E

Channel breakdown

R230

G204

B122

Red230 (90.2%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue45.56°

Saturation (HSL)68.35%

Lightness69.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G CC · B 7A

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