Information about #E6C045 color

#E6C045 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #E6C045 is classified in the Register under the Yellow Color Family, with High Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(230, 192, 69) — 90.2% red, 75.3% green, 27.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 15 / 63 / 10. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A vivid, lively yellow, #E6C045 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Teddy (#EFC741). Slightly further away sit Brilliant Amber (#E7C251) and Party Mix (#E1C53A).

In RGB terms — rgb(230, 192, 69) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 12.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.8:1. #E6C045 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#E6C045 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#E6C045 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #E6C045

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Teddy color link
Teddy

#EFC741

Party Mix color link
Party Mix

#E1C53A

Ipanema color link
Ipanema

#DCC64B

Meat Brown color link
Meat Brown

#E5B73B

Festival color link
Festival

#EACC4A

Confetti color link
Confetti

#DDCB46

Cream Can color link
Cream Can

#EEC051

Starbell color link
Starbell

#EBC155

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E6C045
  • RGB230, 192, 69
  • CMYK0, 15, 63, 10
  • CSSrgb(230, 192, 69)
  • HSL46°, 76%, 59%
  • HSL Precise45.839°, 76.303%, 58.627%
  • HSV46°, 70%, 90%
  • HSB46°, 70%, 90%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.902
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.753
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.271
  • GLSLvec3(0.902, 0.753, 0.271)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.902, 0.753, 0.271, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.902, 0.753, 0.271)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB90.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB75.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB27.1%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDE6C045
  • DECIMAL ID15122501
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers9 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01