Colour

#E6D592

#E6D592
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E6D592 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 213, 146 and HSL 48°, 63%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#E6D592

RGBrgb(230, 213, 146)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8353, 0.5725

RGB percentages90.2%, 83.5%, 57.3%

HSLhsl(47.9, 62.7%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.9, 36.5%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.4%, 36.5%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,127,954

CSS custom property--colour: #E6D592;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.3:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#192A6D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2D28Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7D794no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F2CBC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.2 Navajo white · ΔE 11.8 Khaki · ΔE 12.2 Moccasin · ΔE 12.6 Wheat · ΔE 13.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.5

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8.18, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#92A3E6

Analogous#E6AB92, #CDE692

Triadic#92E6D5, #D592E6

Split complementary#92CDE6, #AB92E6

Tetradic#92E6AB, #92A3E6, #E692CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F5E5

Lighter +10%#F0E5BB

Darker −10%#DCC569

Darker −20%#D3B53F

Darker −30%#B5992A

Darker −40%#8C7620

More saturated +25%#F7DF81

Less saturated −25%#D5CBA3

Channel breakdown

R230

G213

B146

Red230 (90.2%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue146 (57.3%)

Hue47.86°

Saturation (HSL)62.69%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G D5 · B 92

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Colour values

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