Recognised as Colour

#E6D65B

#E6D65B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6D65B is a yellow with RGB values 230, 214, 91 and HSL 53°, 74%, 63%. 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

#E6D65B#E6D65B

HEX#E6D65B

RGBrgb(230, 214, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8392, 0.3569

RGB percentages90.2%, 83.9%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(53.1, 73.5%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.1, 60.4%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 7%, 60.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,128,155

CSS custom property--colour: #E6D65B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65671WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.13:1

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

Contrast with black14.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#1929A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8D04Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDD762no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F6C8BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.4 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 text14.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.7 Gold · ΔE 27.1 Yellow green · ΔE 30.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B6BE6

Analogous#E6905B, #B1E65B

Triadic#5BE6D6, #D65BE6

Split complementary#5BB1E6, #905BE6

Tetradic#5BE690, #5B6BE6, #E65BB1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF7E0

Lighter +20%#F3ECB4

Lighter +10%#EDE187

Darker −10%#DFCB2F

Darker −20%#BEAB1D

Darker −30%#928416

Darker −40%#665C0F

More saturated +25%#FEE843

Less saturated −25%#CEC473

Channel breakdown

R230

G214

B91

Red230 (90.2%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue53.09°

Saturation (HSL)73.54%

Lightness62.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G D6 · B 5B

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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