Colour

#E6D47E

#E6D47E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6D47E is a yellow with RGB values 230, 212, 126 and HSL 50°, 68%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#E6D47E

RGBrgb(230, 212, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8314, 0.4941

RGB percentages90.2%, 83.1%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(49.6, 67.5%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 45.2%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 45.2%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,127,678

CSS custom property--colour: #E6D47E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.08:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#192B81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3D077no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8D681no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F4C9BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 13 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.3 Navajo white · ΔE 19.8 Burlywood · ΔE 20.6 Moccasin · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.77, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7E90E6

Analogous#E6A07E, #C4E67E

Triadic#7EE6D4, #D47EE6

Split complementary#7EC4E6, #A07EE6

Tetradic#7EE6A0, #7E90E6, #E67EC4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFE

Lighter +20%#F7F0D3

Lighter +10%#EEE2A9

Darker −10%#DEC653

Darker −20%#D5B729

Darker −30%#AA9221

Darker −40%#7F6E19

More saturated +25%#F9E16B

Less saturated −25%#D3C791

Channel breakdown

R230

G212

B126

Red230 (90.2%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue49.62°

Saturation (HSL)67.53%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G D4 · B 7E

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