Recognised as Colour

#E6D786

#E6D786
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6D786 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 215, 134 and HSL 51°, 66%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#E6D786

RGBrgb(230, 215, 134)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8431, 0.5255

RGB percentages90.2%, 84.3%, 52.5%

HSLhsl(50.6, 65.8%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 41.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 6.5%, 41.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,128,454

CSS custom property--colour: #E6D786;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67145WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.43:1

Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#192879

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5D380no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAD889no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F3CCC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.8 Navajo white · ΔE 17.7 Moccasin · ΔE 18.6 Burlywood · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.48, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8695E6

Analogous#E6A786, #C5E686

Triadic#86E6D7, #D786E6

Split complementary#86C5E6, #A786E6

Tetradic#86E6A7, #8695E6, #E686C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F3DB

Lighter +10%#EFE5B0

Darker −10%#DDC95C

Darker −20%#D5BB31

Darker −30%#AF9924

Darker −40%#85741B

More saturated +25%#F8E474

Less saturated −25%#D4CA98

Channel breakdown

R230

G215

B134

Red230 (90.2%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue134 (52.5%)

Hue50.63°

Saturation (HSL)65.75%

Lightness71.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G D7 · B 86

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Colour values

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