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Recognised as Colour

#E6D984

  • #E6D984
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#E6D984 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 217, 132 and HSL 52°, 66%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E6D984#E6D984
HEX#E6D984
RGBrgb(230, 217, 132)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.851, 0.5176
RGB percentages90.2%, 85.1%, 51.8%
HSLhsl(52, 66.2%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52, 42.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 5.7%, 42.6%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,128,964
CSS custom property--colour: #E6D984;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68115WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.62:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#19267B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8D47Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#ECDA87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F3CEC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.4Dark khaki · ΔE 13.4Navajo white · ΔE 19.5Moccasin · ΔE 20.4Wheat · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.9, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8491E6
Analogous#E6A884, #C2E684
Triadic#84E6D9, #D984E6
Split complementary#84C2E6, #A884E6
Tetradic#84E6A8, #8491E6, #E684C2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F3D9
Lighter +10%#EFE6AE
Darker −10%#DDCC5A
Darker −20%#D5BF2F
Darker −30%#AE9B23
Darker −40%#83751B
More saturated +25%#F9E772
Less saturated −25%#D3CB97

Channel breakdown

R230
G217
B132
Red230 (90.2%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue132 (51.8%)
Hue52.04°
Saturation (HSL)66.22%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G D9 · B 84

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