Recognised as Colour

#E6D069

#E6D069
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6D069 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 208, 105 and HSL 49°, 71%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E6D069#E6D069

HEX#E6D069

RGBrgb(230, 208, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8157, 0.4118

RGB percentages90.2%, 81.6%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(49.4, 71.4%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 54.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.6%, 54.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,126,633

CSS custom property--colour: #E6D069;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.59:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#192F96

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1CC5Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7D36Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F6C3B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.2 Burlywood · ΔE 26.9 Navajo white · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#697FE6

Analogous#E69269, #BEE669

Triadic#69E6D0, #D069E6

Split complementary#69BDE6, #9269E6

Tetradic#69E692, #697FE6, #E669BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF9EC

Lighter +20%#F5EBC0

Lighter +10%#EDDE95

Darker −10%#DFC23D

Darker −20%#C8AA21

Darker −30%#9C851A

Darker −40%#706013

More saturated +25%#FCDE53

Less saturated −25%#D0C27F

Channel breakdown

R230

G208

B105

Red230 (90.2%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue49.44°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G D0 · B 69

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