Recognised as Colour

#E6CD51

#E6CD51
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E6CD51 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 205, 81 and HSL 50°, 75%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E6CD51#E6CD51

HEX#E6CD51

RGBrgb(230, 205, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8039, 0.3176

RGB percentages90.2%, 80.4%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(49.9, 74.9%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 64.8%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 10.9%, 64.8%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,125,841

CSS custom property--colour: #E6CD51;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6108WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.22:1

Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#1932AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0C842no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7D158no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F7BFB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 18.9 Khaki · ΔE 19.9 Gold · ΔE 25 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.7 Olive · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 18.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#516AE6

Analogous#E68351, #B5E651

Triadic#51E6CD, #CD51E6

Split complementary#51B4E6, #8351E6

Tetradic#51E683, #516AE6, #E651B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F3D7

Lighter +20%#F3E7AA

Lighter +10%#ECDA7E

Darker −10%#E0C024

Darker −20%#B79C1A

Darker −30%#8A7614

Darker −40%#5E500D

More saturated +25%#FFDE38

Less saturated −25%#CDBC6A

Channel breakdown

R230

G205

B81

Red230 (90.2%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue49.93°

Saturation (HSL)74.87%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G CD · B 51

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