Colour

#E6D27C

#E6D27C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6D27C is a yellow with RGB values 230, 210, 124 and HSL 49°, 68%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E6D27C#E6D27C

HEX#E6D27C

RGBrgb(230, 210, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8235, 0.4863

RGB percentages90.2%, 82.4%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(48.7, 67.9%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.7, 46.1%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 8.7%, 46.1%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,127,164

CSS custom property--colour: #E6D27C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.87:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#192D83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2CE75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7D57Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F4C6BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.9 Navajo white · ΔE 19.8 Burlywood · ΔE 20.1 Moccasin · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.68, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7C90E6

Analogous#E69D7C, #C5E67C

Triadic#7CE6D2, #D27CE6

Split complementary#7CC5E6, #9D7CE6

Tetradic#7CE69D, #7C90E6, #E67CC5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFC

Lighter +20%#F6EFD2

Lighter +10%#EEE1A7

Darker −10%#DEC351

Darker −20%#D4B328

Darker −30%#A98F20

Darker −40%#7E6B18

More saturated +25%#FADE68

Less saturated −25%#D3C690

Channel breakdown

R230

G210

B124

Red230 (90.2%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue48.68°

Saturation (HSL)67.95%

Lightness69.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G D2 · B 7C

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