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Recognised as Colour

#E6CD28

  • #E6CD28
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gold

#E6CD28 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 205, 40 and HSL 52°, 79%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E6CD28#E6CD28
HEX#E6CD28
RGBrgb(230, 205, 40)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8039, 0.1569
RGB percentages90.2%, 80.4%, 15.7%
HSLhsl(52.1, 79.2%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 82.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 10.9%, 82.6%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,125,800
CSS custom property--colour: #E6CD28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60639WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.13:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#1932D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2C700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9D036no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F8BDB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12.6Goldenrod · ΔE 20.7Yellow · ΔE 27.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.7Orange · ΔE 31.8Khaki · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2841E6
Analogous#E66E28, #A0E628
Triadic#28E6CD, #CD28E6
Split complementary#28A0E6, #6E28E6
Tetradic#28E66E, #2841E6, #E628A0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBF8DF
Lighter +30%#F6EDB1
Lighter +20%#F1E283
Lighter +10%#EBD856
Darker −10%#C4AD17
Darker −20%#978511
Darker −30%#695D0C
Darker −40%#3B3407
More saturated +25%#FFDF0F
Less saturated −25%#C8B746

Channel breakdown

R230
G205
B40
Red230 (90.2%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue40 (15.7%)
Hue52.11°
Saturation (HSL)79.17%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G CD · B 28

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