Recognised as Colour

#E6E384

#E6E384
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6E384 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 227, 132 and HSL 58°, 66%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E6E384#E6E384

HEX#E6E384

RGBrgb(230, 227, 132)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.8902, 0.5176

RGB percentages90.2%, 89%, 51.8%

HSLhsl(58.2, 66.2%, 71%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.2, 42.6%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 1.3%, 42.6%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,131,524

CSS custom property--colour: #E6E384;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.69:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#191C7B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1DC7Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3E088no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F3D8CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.3 Navajo white · ΔE 24.9 Moccasin · ΔE 25.2 Wheat · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 3.98, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8487E6

Analogous#E6B284, #B8E684

Triadic#84E6E3, #E384E6

Split complementary#84B8E6, #B284E6

Tetradic#84E6B2, #8487E6, #E684B8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F6D9

Lighter +10%#EFEDAE

Darker −10%#DDD95A

Darker −20%#D5D02F

Darker −30%#AEA923

Darker −40%#83801B

More saturated +25%#F9F472

Less saturated −25%#D3D297

Channel breakdown

R230

G227

B132

Red230 (90.2%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue132 (51.8%)

Hue58.16°

Saturation (HSL)66.22%

Lightness70.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E6 · G E3 · B 84

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