Recognised as Colour

#E6E25F

#E6E25F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6E25F is a yellow with RGB values 230, 226, 95 and HSL 58°, 73%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E6E25F#E6E25F

HEX#E6E25F

RGBrgb(230, 226, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8863, 0.3725

RGB percentages90.2%, 88.6%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(58.2, 73%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.2, 58.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 1.7%, 58.7%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,131,231

CSS custom property--colour: #E6E25F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72042WCAG 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 15.41:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#191DA0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3DA50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6DF66no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F5D5C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 19 Yellow green · ΔE 26.1 Gold · ΔE 27.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 18.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F63E6

Analogous#E69F5F, #A6E65F

Triadic#5FE6E2, #E25FE6

Split complementary#5FA7E6, #9E5FE6

Tetradic#5FE69E, #5F63E6, #E65FA7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBFAE3

Lighter +20%#F4F2B7

Lighter +10%#EDEA8B

Darker −10%#DFDA33

Darker −20%#C1BC1E

Darker −30%#959117

Darker −40%#696610

More saturated +25%#FDF848

Less saturated −25%#CFCC76

Channel breakdown

R230

G226

B95

Red230 (90.2%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue58.22°

Saturation (HSL)72.97%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G E2 · B 5F

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