Recognised as Colour

#E6D900

#E6D900
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E6D900 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 217, 0 and HSL 57°, 100%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

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HEX#E6D900

RGBrgb(230, 217, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.851, 0

RGB percentages90.2%, 85.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(56.6, 100%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.6, 100%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 5.7%, 100%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,128,832

CSS custom property--colour: #E6D900;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66449WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.29:1

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

Contrast with black14.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#1926FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDD100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2D827no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F8C9B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.9 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 text14.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12 Yellow · ΔE 17.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.9 Yellow green · ΔE 31.7 Orange · ΔE 39.3 Green yellow · ΔE 39.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#000DE6

Analogous#E66600, #80E600

Triadic#00E6D9, #D900E6

Split complementary#0080E6, #6600E6

Tetradic#00E666, #000DE6, #E60080

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBB3

Lighter +30%#FFF880

Lighter +20%#FFF54D

Lighter +10%#FFF21A

Darker −10%#B3A900

Darker −20%#807900

Darker −30%#4D4900

Darker −40%#1A1900

More saturated +25%#E6D900

Less saturated −25%#C9C01D

Channel breakdown

R230

G217

Red230 (90.2%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue56.61°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G D9 · B 00

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