Colour

#E6EE9A

#E6EE9A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6EE9A is a yellow with RGB values 230, 238, 154 and HSL 66°, 71%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E6EE9A#E6EE9A

HEX#E6EE9A

RGBrgb(230, 238, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.9333, 0.6039

RGB percentages90.2%, 93.3%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(65.7, 71.2%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.7, 35.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK3.4%, 0%, 35.3%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,134,362

CSS custom property--colour: #E6EE9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.06:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#191165

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE694no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAE99Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F0E5D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.6 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 21 Moccasin · ΔE 22.3 Navajo white · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.26, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A29AEE

Analogous#EECC9A, #BCEE9A

Triadic#9AE6EE, #EE9AE6

Split complementary#9ABCEE, #CC9AEE

Tetradic#9AEECC, #A29AEE, #EE9ABC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFDF1

Lighter +10%#F1F5C6

Darker −10%#DBE76E

Darker −20%#D0DF43

Darker −30%#BCCD22

Darker −40%#94A11B

More saturated +25%#F2FD8B

Less saturated −25%#DADFA9

Channel breakdown

R230

G238

B154

Red230 (90.2%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue65.71°

Saturation (HSL)71.19%

Lightness76.86%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E6 · G EE · B 9A

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Colour values

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