Colour

#E6E675

#E6E675
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6E675 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 230, 117 and HSL 60°, 69%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E6E675#E6E675

HEX#E6E675

RGBrgb(230, 230, 117)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.902, 0.4588

RGB percentages90.2%, 90.2%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(60, 69.3%, 68%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 49.1%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 49.1%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,132,277

CSS custom property--colour: #E6E675;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.94:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#19198A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5DE6Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7E27Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F4DACCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.8 Yellow green · ΔE 28.8 Navajo white · ΔE 32.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7575E6

Analogous#E6AE75, #AEE675

Triadic#75E6E6, #E675E6

Split complementary#75AEE6, #AE75E6

Tetradic#75E6AE, #7575E6, #E675AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFDF7

Lighter +20%#F6F6CB

Lighter +10%#EEEEA0

Darker −10%#DEDE4A

Darker −20%#CFCF26

Darker −30%#A4A41E

Darker −40%#797916

More saturated +25%#FAFA61

Less saturated −25%#D2D289

Channel breakdown

R230

G230

B117

Red230 (90.2%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)69.33%

Lightness68.04%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR E6 · G E6 · B 75

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Colour values

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