Colour

#E6DB00

#E6DB00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E6DB00 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 219, 0 and HSL 57°, 100%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E6DB00#E6DB00

HEX#E6DB00

RGBrgb(230, 219, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8588, 0

RGB percentages90.2%, 85.9%, 0%

HSLhsl(57.1, 100%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.1, 100%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 4.8%, 100%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,129,344

CSS custom property--colour: #E6DB00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.5:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#1924FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFD200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3DA28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Tritanopia#F8CBBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12.8 Yellow · ΔE 16.2 Yellow green · ΔE 31.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.1 Green yellow · ΔE 38.6 Orange · ΔE 40.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#000BE6

Analogous#E66800, #7EE600

Triadic#00E6DB, #DB00E6

Split complementary#007EE6, #6800E6

Tetradic#00E668, #000BE6, #E6007E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFBB3

Lighter +30%#FFF980

Lighter +20%#FFF64D

Lighter +10%#FFF41A

Darker −10%#B3AA00

Darker −20%#807A00

Darker −30%#4D4900

Darker −40%#1A1900

More saturated +25%#E6DB00

Less saturated −25%#C9C11D

Channel breakdown

R230

G219

Red230 (90.2%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue57.13°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G DB · B 00

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