Colour

#E6D050

#E6D050
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E6D050 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 208, 80 and HSL 51°, 75%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#E6D050

RGBrgb(230, 208, 80)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8157, 0.3137

RGB percentages90.2%, 81.6%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(51.2, 75%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 65.2%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.6%, 65.2%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,126,608

CSS custom property--colour: #E6D050;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62514WCAG 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 13.5:1

Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#192FAF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3CB40no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D357no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#F7C2B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 20.2 Khaki · ΔE 20.5 Gold · ΔE 23.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.2 Yellow green · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 20.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5066E6

Analogous#E68550, #B1E650

Triadic#50E6D0, #D050E6

Split complementary#50B1E6, #8550E6

Tetradic#50E685, #5066E6, #E650B1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F4D6

Lighter +20%#F3E8A9

Lighter +10%#ECDC7D

Darker −10%#E0C423

Darker −20%#B69F1A

Darker −30%#897814

Darker −40%#5D510D

More saturated +25%#FFE237

Less saturated −25%#CDBE69

Channel breakdown

R230

G208

B80

Red230 (90.2%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue51.2°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G D0 · B 50

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Colour values

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