Colour

#E6D338

#E6D338
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E6D338 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 211, 56 and HSL 53°, 78%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

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HEX#E6D338

RGBrgb(230, 211, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8275, 0.2196

RGB percentages90.2%, 82.7%, 22%

HSLhsl(53.4, 77.7%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.4, 75.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 8.3%, 75.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,127,352

CSS custom property--colour: #E6D338;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.74:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#192CC7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7CC14no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD443no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F8C4B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 15.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.7 Yellow · ΔE 27.7 Khaki · ΔE 29.2 Yellow green · ΔE 30.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 15.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#384BE6

Analogous#E67C38, #A2E638

Triadic#38E6D3, #D338E6

Split complementary#38A2E6, #7C38E6

Tetradic#38E67C, #384BE6, #E638A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFBED

Lighter +30%#F7F1C0

Lighter +20%#F1E793

Lighter +10%#ECDD65

Darker −10%#D1BD1A

Darker −20%#A39415

Darker −30%#766B0F

Darker −40%#494209

More saturated +25%#FFE71F

Less saturated −25%#CABD54

Channel breakdown

R230

G211

B56

Red230 (90.2%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue53.45°

Saturation (HSL)77.68%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G D3 · B 38

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