Colour

#E6CF4B

#E6CF4B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E6CF4B is a yellow with RGB values 230, 207, 75 and HSL 51°, 76%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#E6CF4B

RGBrgb(230, 207, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8118, 0.2941

RGB percentages90.2%, 81.2%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(51.1, 75.6%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 67.4%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 67.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,126,347

CSS custom property--colour: #E6CF4B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61957WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.39:1

Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#1930B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2CA39no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D253no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F7C0B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 19.5 Khaki · ΔE 22.2 Gold · ΔE 22.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29 Yellow green · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 19.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4B62E6

Analogous#E6814B, #AFE64B

Triadic#4BE6CF, #CF4BE6

Split complementary#4BAFE6, #814BE6

Tetradic#4BE682, #4B62E6, #E64BB0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFE

Lighter +30%#F9F3D1

Lighter +20%#F2E7A5

Lighter +10%#ECDB78

Darker −10%#DFC31F

Darker −20%#B29B19

Darker −30%#857413

Darker −40%#594D0C

More saturated +25%#FFE132

Less saturated −25%#CCBD65

Channel breakdown

R230

G207

B75

Red230 (90.2%)

Green207 (81.2%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue51.1°

Saturation (HSL)75.61%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G CF · B 4B

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