Recognised as Colour

#E6D40F

#E6D40F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E6D40F is a yellow with RGB values 230, 212, 15 and HSL 55°, 88%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E6D40F#E6D40F

HEX#E6D40F

RGBrgb(230, 212, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8314, 0.0588

RGB percentages90.2%, 83.1%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(55, 87.8%, 48%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55, 93.5%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 93.5%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,127,567

CSS custom property--colour: #E6D40F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63944WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.79:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#192BF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9CD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#EED52Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F8C4B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.3 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 text13.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 10.5 Yellow · ΔE 20.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.2 Yellow green · ΔE 32.3 Orange · ΔE 36.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 37.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 10.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F21E6

Analogous#E6690F, #8DE60F

Triadic#0FE6D4, #D40FE6

Split complementary#0F8DE6, #690FE6

Tetradic#0FE669, #0F21E6, #E60F8D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBF7C6

Lighter +30%#F8F096

Lighter +20%#F5E966

Lighter +10%#F2E236

Darker −10%#B6A80C

Darker −20%#867C09

Darker −30%#565006

Darker −40%#262303

More saturated +25%#F5E000

Less saturated −25%#C7BB2E

Channel breakdown

R230

G212

B15

Red230 (90.2%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue54.98°

Saturation (HSL)87.76%

Lightness48.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G D4 · B 0F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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