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Colour

#E6D990

  • #E6D990
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#E6D990 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 217, 144 and HSL 51°, 63%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#E6D990#E6D990
HEX#E6D990
RGBrgb(230, 217, 144)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.851, 0.5647
RGB percentages90.2%, 85.1%, 56.5%
HSLhsl(50.9, 63.2%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 37.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 5.7%, 37.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,128,976
CSS custom property--colour: #E6D990;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68462WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.69:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#19266F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6D58Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#EADA93no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F2CFC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.4Khaki · ΔE 9Dark khaki · ΔE 13.3Navajo white · ΔE 14.5Moccasin · ΔE 15Wheat · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#909DE6
Analogous#E6AE90, #C8E690
Triadic#90E6D9, #D990E6
Split complementary#90C8E6, #AE90E6
Tetradic#90E6AE, #909DE6, #E690C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F6E3
Lighter +10%#EFE7BA
Darker −10%#DDCB66
Darker −20%#D3BD3D
Darker −30%#B49F29
Darker −40%#8B7B1F
More saturated +25%#F7E57F
Less saturated −25%#D5CDA1

Channel breakdown

R230
G217
B144
Red230 (90.2%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue144 (56.5%)
Hue50.93°
Saturation (HSL)63.24%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G D9 · B 90

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