Recognised as Colour

#E6E16A

#E6E16A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6E16A is a yellow with RGB values 230, 225, 106 and HSL 58°, 71%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#E6E16A

RGBrgb(230, 225, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8824, 0.4157

RGB percentages90.2%, 88.2%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(57.6, 71.3%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.6, 53.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 2.2%, 53.9%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,130,986

CSS custom property--colour: #E6E16A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71714WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.34:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#191E95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1D95Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4DF70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F5D4C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 24 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 27.8 Yellow green · ΔE 28.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.9 Gold · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A6FE6

Analogous#E6A36A, #ADE66A

Triadic#6AE6E1, #E16AE6

Split complementary#6AADE6, #A36AE6

Tetradic#6AE6A3, #6A6FE6, #E66AAD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFBED

Lighter +20%#F5F3C1

Lighter +10%#EDEA96

Darker −10%#DFD83E

Darker −20%#C8C222

Darker −30%#9D971A

Darker −40%#716D13

More saturated +25%#FCF554

Less saturated −25%#D0CD80

Channel breakdown

R230

G225

B106

Red230 (90.2%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue57.58°

Saturation (HSL)71.26%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G E1 · B 6A

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Colour values

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