Colour

#E6D484

#E6D484
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6D484 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 212, 132 and HSL 49°, 66%, 71%. 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

#E6D484#E6D484

HEX#E6D484

RGBrgb(230, 212, 132)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8314, 0.5176

RGB percentages90.2%, 83.1%, 51.8%

HSLhsl(49, 66.2%, 71%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49, 42.6%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.8%, 42.6%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,127,684

CSS custom property--colour: #E6D484;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.12:1

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

Contrast with black14.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#192B7B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3D07Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8D687no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F4C9C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 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 text14.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.8 Navajo white · ΔE 17.2 Burlywood · ΔE 18.3 Moccasin · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.75, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8496E6

Analogous#E6A384, #C7E684

Triadic#84E6D4, #D484E6

Split complementary#84C7E6, #A384E6

Tetradic#84E6A3, #8496E6, #E684C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F2D9

Lighter +10%#EFE3AE

Darker −10%#DDC55A

Darker −20%#D5B62F

Darker −30%#AE9423

Darker −40%#83701B

More saturated +25%#F9E072

Less saturated −25%#D3C897

Channel breakdown

R230

G212

B132

Red230 (90.2%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue132 (51.8%)

Hue48.98°

Saturation (HSL)66.22%

Lightness70.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G D4 · B 84

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