Recognised as Colour

#E9E006

#E9E006
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E9E006 is a yellow with RGB values 233, 224, 6 and HSL 58°, 95%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E9E006#E9E006

HEX#E9E006

RGBrgb(233, 224, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.8784, 0.0235

RGB percentages91.4%, 87.8%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(57.6, 95%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.6, 97.4%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 3.9%, 97.4%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,327,238

CSS custom property--colour: #E9E006;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70648WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.13:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#161FF9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4D700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8DE2Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FBD0BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 13.8 Yellow · ΔE 14.2 Yellow green · ΔE 31.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 34 Green yellow · ΔE 37.3 Khaki · ΔE 41.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 13.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#060FE9

Analogous#E96E06, #81E906

Triadic#06E9E0, #E006E9

Split complementary#0681E9, #6E06E9

Tetradic#06E96E, #060FE9, #E90681

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFBBE

Lighter +30%#FCF88C

Lighter +20%#FBF45A

Lighter +10%#F9F129

Darker −10%#B7B005

Darker −20%#868003

Darker −30%#545102

Darker −40%#222101

More saturated +25%#EFE600

Less saturated −25%#CBC424

Channel breakdown

R233

G224

Red233 (91.4%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue57.62°

Saturation (HSL)94.98%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G E0 · B 06

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