Recognised as Colour
#E6DE52
- #E6DE52
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Khaki
#E6DE52 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 222, 82 and HSL 57°, 75%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.
Colour values
#E6DE52#E6DE52
HEX#E6DE52
RGBrgb(230, 222, 82)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8706, 0.3216
RGB percentages90.2%, 87.1%, 32.2%
HSLhsl(56.8, 74.7%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.8, 64.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK0%, 3.5%, 64.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,130,194
CSS custom property--colour: #E6DE52;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.69675WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.93:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#1921AD
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#525AE6
Analogous#E69452, #A4E652
Triadic#52E6DE, #DE52E6
Split complementary#52A4E6, #9452E6
Tetradic#52E694, #525AE6, #E652A4
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R230
G222
B82
Red230 (90.2%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue82 (32.2%)
Hue56.76°
Saturation (HSL)74.75%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E6 · G DE · B 52
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