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Colour

#E6D277

  • #E6D277
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E6D277 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 210, 119 and HSL 49°, 69%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E6D277#E6D277
HEX#E6D277
RGBrgb(230, 210, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8235, 0.4667
RGB percentages90.2%, 82.4%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(49.2, 68.9%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 48.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 8.7%, 48.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,127,159
CSS custom property--colour: #E6D277;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64248WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.85:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#192D88

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2CE6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8D57Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F5C6BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.8Dark khaki · ΔE 13.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18Navajo white · ΔE 22.1Burlywood · ΔE 22.2Moccasin · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#778BE6
Analogous#E69A77, #C3E677
Triadic#77E6D2, #D277E6
Split complementary#77C3E6, #9A77E6
Tetradic#77E69A, #778BE6, #E677C3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFDF8
Lighter +20%#F6EFCD
Lighter +10%#EEE0A2
Darker −10%#DEC44C
Darker −20%#D1B226
Darker −30%#A68D1E
Darker −40%#7A6817
More saturated +25%#FADF63
Less saturated −25%#D2C58B

Channel breakdown

R230
G210
B119
Red230 (90.2%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue49.19°
Saturation (HSL)68.94%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G D2 · B 77

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