Colour

#E6E685

#E6E685
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6E685 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 230, 133 and HSL 60°, 66%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E6E685#E6E685

HEX#E6E685

RGBrgb(230, 230, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.902, 0.5216

RGB percentages90.2%, 90.2%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(60, 66%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 42.2%, 90.2%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 42.2%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,132,293

CSS custom property--colour: #E6E685;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7511WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.02:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#19197A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4DF7Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6E389no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F2DBCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.5 Navajo white · ΔE 26.2 Moccasin · ΔE 26.3 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.16, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8585E6

Analogous#E6B585, #B5E685

Triadic#85E6E6, #E685E6

Split complementary#85B5E6, #B585E6

Tetradic#85E6B5, #8585E6, #E685B5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F7DA

Lighter +10%#EFEFAF

Darker −10%#DDDD5B

Darker −20%#D5D530

Darker −30%#AEAE24

Darker −40%#84841B

More saturated +25%#F8F873

Less saturated −25%#D4D497

Channel breakdown

R230

G230

B133

Red230 (90.2%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)65.99%

Lightness71.18%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR E6 · G E6 · B 85

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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