Recognised as Colour

#E6D363

#E6D363
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6D363 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 211, 99 and HSL 51°, 72%, 65%. 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

#E6D363#E6D363

HEX#E6D363

RGBrgb(230, 211, 99)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8275, 0.3882

RGB percentages90.2%, 82.7%, 38.8%

HSLhsl(51.3, 72.4%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 57%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 8.3%, 57%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,127,395

CSS custom property--colour: #E6D363;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.86:1

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

Contrast with black13.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#192C9C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5CE58no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAD568no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F6C6BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.6 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 text13.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.7 Gold · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6376E6

Analogous#E69263, #B8E663

Triadic#63E6D3, #D363E6

Split complementary#63B8E6, #9163E6

Tetradic#63E692, #6376E6, #E663B8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBF8E7

Lighter +20%#F4ECBB

Lighter +10%#EDDF8F

Darker −10%#DFC737

Darker −20%#C4AC1F

Darker −30%#988518

Darker −40%#6C5F11

More saturated +25%#FDE34C

Less saturated −25%#CFC37A

Channel breakdown

R230

G211

B99

Red230 (90.2%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue99 (38.8%)

Hue51.3°

Saturation (HSL)72.38%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G D3 · B 63

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