Recognised as Colour

#E6D280

#E6D280
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6D280 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 210, 128 and HSL 48°, 67%, 70%. 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

#E6D280#E6D280

HEX#E6D280

RGBrgb(230, 210, 128)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8235, 0.502

RGB percentages90.2%, 82.4%, 50.2%

HSLhsl(48.2, 67.1%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 44.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 8.7%, 44.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,127,168

CSS custom property--colour: #E6D280;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64475WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.89:1

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

Contrast with black13.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#192D7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1CE7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7D583no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F4C7BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.5 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 text13.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.3 Navajo white · ΔE 18.1 Burlywood · ΔE 18.6 Moccasin · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.11, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8094E6

Analogous#E69F80, #C7E680

Triadic#80E6D2, #D280E6

Split complementary#80C7E6, #9F80E6

Tetradic#80E69F, #8094E6, #E680C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F0D5

Lighter +10%#EEE1AB

Darker −10%#DEC355

Darker −20%#D5B42B

Darker −30%#AB9022

Darker −40%#816C19

More saturated +25%#F9DE6D

Less saturated −25%#D3C693

Channel breakdown

R230

G210

B128

Red230 (90.2%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue128 (50.2%)

Hue48.24°

Saturation (HSL)67.11%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G D2 · B 80

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Colour values

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